Epic Excerpt 3:

I am blown away by the story of Abraham being called by God to take his son to Moriah to offer him as a sacrifice to God.

There was no questioning of God this time as in the past when Abraham continually probed the Lord on behalf of Sodom and Gomorra or when God had said that Abraham would become the father of many nations. He had no son and his wife was barren. How will You do this great thing oh Lord?

I don’t think Abraham was all that concerned with whether God could or would do it. I think he just wanted to know how. “Can you let me in on the secret, Lord?” After all Abraham had already recognized that this was God he was talking to and Lord whom he met in the flesh as the three travelers passed by on their way down Sodom. He knew there was no question of whether He could do what He said. How?

When God called to Abraham and told him to take his only son on a long journey to give him as a burnt offering to the Lord, there were no longer any questions in his mouth, but what about in his heart? What a gut wrenching thing it must have been to take the promise of the future (the only son that he had waited all his life for and had given up on until God provided) to offer him as a sacrifice, never in doubt that God had a plan and purpose for what He commanded. He had seen Gods commands and His promises come to pass many times now, but in his heart I can only imagine the question, “How God?” He knew there would be a “how” I’m sure, but he kept his question to himself because his hope was in God.

God had already promised that Isaac would be the future and father of many nations. How could that come to pass if Isaac were lost forever in the eternal flame of worship?
There was no need for an answer in Abraham this time because he already had the evidence of God’s word being true. I’m sure he had no idea how it would come to pass; would God raise his son from the dead, would He tell him never mind, would He cause it to rain so hard that they could not build a fire?

Has God made you any promises? The answer is yes according to scripture. He has promised us many things about our lives in His Kingdom; dominion, power, peace, healing, and the hits keep coming. You can read it for yourself. Maybe God has even given you a specific promise for your life. What do we do with all of this?

Do we believe in the fact that God makes good on all His promises or not? Maybe we should turn to Abraham’s example and know the God can and will do what He says He will do. All we need to do is keep our eye out for the “How”.