I have always believed Abraham has super natural faith in God. He amazes me. He did not seem to worry that God had actually asked him to stab and burn up his son. He had total faith that God really would provide the lamb. And God did. Not before they trekked up the mountain, but just at the last minute, hand in air knife ready to stab his son, God says Stop!
This morning we delved into Genesis 22, zooming in on verses 8 and 14.
Abraham is marching his son, Isaac up the mountain in order to obey God and sacrifice him.
Just a normal thing to do. He is carrying the fire, and Isaac is carrying the wood.
Abraham apearantly forgot to mention to his son that he, Isaac was going to be the sacrifice. Isaac asks him where the lamb is for the fire.
So nice calm, cool and collected, Abraham answers thusly:
"God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."
And the two travel on up the mountain.
And I worry because I haven't got enough money in the bank to pay the propane bill. I have an anxiety attack I stay awake worrying over it. I ask for provision, knowing God does provide, but I try to figure out how to drum up the money.
And then I think about Abraham. His simple faith. He continues on KNOWING WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT God will provide.
Terry has not had a pay check since November. Things are pretty tight. In fact we actually have two outstanding bills that will only get paid through some sort of provision from Yahweh Jireh. Terry has been put on permanent disability by his doctors. He cannot go to work.
We talked about our trust in Yahweh Jireh this morning while we were stdying. Are we able to walk nonchalantly up the hill knowing God is going to provide? We realized both of us are not showing total trust in God's provision. We pray, ask for the money to pay those bills, and then we worry, struggle to sell something, try to figure out how to make some money, but we don't have enough faith to simply turn it over to Him.
We read the key verse:
"14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Jireh, The Lord will provide..."
We have committed to taking a huge leap of faith, let go and trust that God will provide.
This morning we delved into Genesis 22, zooming in on verses 8 and 14.
Abraham is marching his son, Isaac up the mountain in order to obey God and sacrifice him.
Just a normal thing to do. He is carrying the fire, and Isaac is carrying the wood.
Abraham apearantly forgot to mention to his son that he, Isaac was going to be the sacrifice. Isaac asks him where the lamb is for the fire.
So nice calm, cool and collected, Abraham answers thusly:
"God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."
And the two travel on up the mountain.
And I worry because I haven't got enough money in the bank to pay the propane bill. I have an anxiety attack I stay awake worrying over it. I ask for provision, knowing God does provide, but I try to figure out how to drum up the money.
And then I think about Abraham. His simple faith. He continues on KNOWING WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT God will provide.
Terry has not had a pay check since November. Things are pretty tight. In fact we actually have two outstanding bills that will only get paid through some sort of provision from Yahweh Jireh. Terry has been put on permanent disability by his doctors. He cannot go to work.
We talked about our trust in Yahweh Jireh this morning while we were stdying. Are we able to walk nonchalantly up the hill knowing God is going to provide? We realized both of us are not showing total trust in God's provision. We pray, ask for the money to pay those bills, and then we worry, struggle to sell something, try to figure out how to make some money, but we don't have enough faith to simply turn it over to Him.
We read the key verse:
"14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Jireh, The Lord will provide..."
We have committed to taking a huge leap of faith, let go and trust that God will provide.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment