For
us believers, it is needful to look at all of life and history through the eye
of faith, to understand that we need a reasonable and a constant attitude in
keeping faith with God.
In
verses 17-19, we get to see God putting Abraham to a test of faith. God told
him to offer up Isaac to Him. This was to ascertain if Abraham would love his
son more than his willingness to obey God. Abraham chose obedience to God
because he trusted in God’s Word. He was confident that God would keep His
promise of giving numerous descendants to him through Isaac. So, he reckoned
that even if he were to offer up Isaac, Abraham’s unique son, God would still
raise him from the dead. He believed that God would still fulfill His promise
to give him an heir. When Isaac came away from the altar, it was as though he
rose from the dead. Isaac's restoration illustrates the point that God will
give believers what He has promised if they persist in faith and obey Him.
Here
the author rounded up talking about Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Each of these
three demonstrated confidence in God's Word. They believed that God would
provide for each of them what He had promised. The faith of these three
patriarchs benefited their descendents. All three of them held firmly to the
conviction that their death could never thwart God's purposes.
Unyielding
trust, that’s what Abraham had, when it came to sacrificing Isaac his son. Are
there things that God had promised us and then tells us to surrender to Him
those very things. This is a challenge to trust God that even if we were to offer
what He had blessed us, He will never fail us. In fact we will have many more
folds in return. God never fails in His words, what He said He will do.
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