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The Lord Will Provide

Because You Have

Obeyed Me! 85

[Gen 22:11-24]

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

Take a look at God's perfect plan!

After God tested Abraham,

God was delighted with

his obedience,

 

 

and God prepared a ram for him,

and Abraham could sacrifice it

as a burnt offering instead

of his son, Isaac.

 

 

And we can also find

God's amazing plan to bless

Abraham's seed in today's

scripture.

 

 

The blessing achieved

through Abraham's absolute

obedience to God was great.

 

 

Through his deeds and faith, 

he was not only  saved,

 

 

but also the  Messiah

(Jesus Christ),

 

 

who would save mankind

from his seed, was born

as promised.

 

 

It can be seen that this was

achieved by obeying God's word,

but it was entirely by God's

favor and grace.

 

 

Today, as Gentiles,

the light of the gospel has

come to us, and we are deeply

grateful for His grace,

 

 

thinking of God who has

moistened and revived our souls

and our hearts with His grace.

 

 

Through the relationship

between Abraham's obedience

and God's pleasure, we need

to empty our minds completely

 

 

so that we

can read the main points

of God's Word, God's plan,

and God's heart.

 

 

Abraham's anguish and

determination to offer

his son Isaac

 

 

to God is the same

as God's willingness to sacrifice

his one and only Son, Jesus Christ,

for the salvation of forsaken humans.

 

 

God who gives man free will! 

Abraham's attempt to sacrifice

his son Isaac was the most

breathtaking

 

 

and dramatic moment for him

to receive the title of 

‘Abraham, the father of faith’.

 

 

God is so good that he provides

in advance a ram for a burnt offering

instead of his son 'Isaac' to be

sacrificed for him!

 

 

God is so good that he trains us,

and he also provides a way out for us.

 

 

God is so merciful that he waits

for us to overcome the temptation.

 

 

God the Father who generously

gave his one and only  Son,

Jesus Christ, to us!

 

 

God the Father, who changed

Abraham's name like the father

of the nations and wanted him

to change according to his name!

 

 

Therefore, we need a new

awareness of the good Father

and an attitude of listening to the will

and words of God who wants to give

new meaning to our names today.

 

 

'God who works in us to will

and to act according to

his good purpose.'

 

 

We fully realize that we must

become people who completely

entrust everything to the Lord, 

 

 

just like Abraham, the father

of faith, within the environment

that has been granted to us.

 

 

Then, in what attitude

should we follow God

the Father?

 

 

1) Each of us should have

God's Word centered life

and entrust our lives

completely to God.

 

 

2) We must entrust our

inner world to the guidance

of the Holy Spirit so that

we may not neglect our

spiritual management

 

 

and so that we may follow

and obey God's Word.

 

 

3) In using our time,

we must live by applying

the time to think of the

Lord in our daily lives.

 

 

Prayer

 

Lord!

 

 

You know what each of us needs,

and you provide and prepare

for us at every moment!

 

 

Therefore, we fully entrust

everything to you, the Lord.

 

 

Lord!

 

 

Help me to become a precious

child who listens to the Word of God

and obeys the Word without

any doubt, depending on you!

 

 

Thanks and praise to you,

the Lord who is so good to us.

 

 

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2010/07/12

 

 

/ By Priscilla