Friday 4 Feb 2022

February 4: Genesis 22:2-8

Key Verse: Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together.

Devotion:
When you read a story like this, what feelings are invoked by these words? Are you wonder how Abraham could have even considered taking his only son to be a sacrifice? Do you wonder at the barbaric suggestion to sacrifice your son? Or do you see a man who is torn between the love for his family and the love for God...

What you need to do is to remember what Abraham was doing here. He was not blindly taking his son to be sacrificed. He was, instead, listening to what God was telling him and obeying! He had no idea what God was going to do, but he did have a firm belief God would not let his son die because of the promise God had made to him earlier.

What we see is a man taking his son to be killed. What we should be seeing is a man obeying God and trusting fully that God would make a way for this all to be possible without letting his son perish – after all, how would God keep his promise to be a father of many generations if this one was cut short before it started!

Sometimes we look at what God is asking and we compare it to what we think we know and how the world can fulfil the request. But what God is asking is for us to obey and trust He will make all things possible!

Points to Ponder:
When God asks you something difficult, what do you do?

Will you trust Him to make the impossible possible?