God said to Abraham, “I will make you a great nation.”
Abraham takes his barren wife and passes through a land
of famine. Yet he believes.
It is 25 years later when Abraham and Sarah’s son, Isaac,
is born.
“I will make you a great nation” rings in Abraham’s ears,
but is soon drowned out by “Take your only son and sacrifice him as a burnt
offering.”
But Abraham gets up and goes – early the next morning.
His only son bears the wood on his back for the sacrifice.
Abraham’s words to his servant? “We will worship and then
we will come back to you.” Abraham
believes.
What
does he believe?
He has seen God bring life from a barren womb, to a
couple long past child-bearing age. Abraham
believes that God brings life, even from death.
So he obeys. He trusts God, not his own plan or thought
or reason. Abraham trusts God.
And
God provides.
Abraham, the father who did not withhold his only son…reflects
the greater Father.
Isaac, the son who bore the wood of the sacrifice on his
back, who went willingly at the word of his father, calls to mind a darker
Friday when the Son bore his wooden cross to the place of sacrifice.
And
in each, life comes from death. Light from darkness.
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5 comments:
Amen...and often we forget that "God Can" Thanks Clella
I came over from Michelle's place...lovely thoughts. Just beautiful...thank you for the reminder.
Oh, to have Abraham's faith as he climbed that mountain with his son. I also appreciate your reminder that Christ was like Isaac--carrying the wood on his back. I've not thought of that connection before and it's just another way God reaffirms His love and His plan to all of us. Thanks so much, Laura Lee! Very encouraging!
Laura,
Even now, I long for even a fraction of this kind of faith.
this is one of the most convicting stories in the Bible for me, Laura. Would I? Could I? It still bids me deeper after all these years of wrestling with it.
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