2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey.
There has to be more to this! Isn't there a serious block of time where Abraham is tormented by this? Isn't he on his knees for hours begging God for some different instructions? Isn't there a time where Abraham tries to convince himself to run and not do this? It seems to clean, to me.
16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore
I think we wrote about this part last time. God had already promised Abraham that his offspring would be HUGE! Yet, here we see a confirmation. What if Abraham refused to do this? Would the promise have been broken? Perhaps this is one of those cases where God, not being bound by time, has a different perspective on the situation that we do. I'm gonna choose to land here.
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22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
ReplyDelete“Here I am,” he replied.
11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
I agree there had to be some anguish didn't there? No problem up early off to kill my son, just doesn't seem possible.
The verses I'm picking up on is just Abraham's ability to listen. God speaks--Here I am, I'm listening is what I get from him. Is God calling out to me but I'm not responding? I want to listen, but I don't know that I do. I just want to tune in, this is going to be a focus for me. Listen for direction and the next challenge--obey what I hear. I have a friend at church that has told me he thinks God is stirring something in me as he has listened to my challenges at work. I can't figure out what it is? Leave this job and big money to do something else? stay but be a light for others? We just had our 3rd suicide in less than 3 years on my program. 2 of them in my location--only 125ish people. A week ago Friday we had an all employee meeting to announce the passing of a co-worker, then later that day I spent trying to help one of my staff that was at the home of another individual that was threatening to take their life. is there something I should be doing different to share Jesus with these people who are around me--maybe not worry about corporate limitations? IDK, but I want to say Here I am.
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WOW! That is heavy beyond belief. I am dealing with the same sort of thing, but not at the same level. GM announced that we are going to downsize. 18000 people buy-out offers. I am one of them. So, for the past couple of weeks I have been having LONG conversations with people about their performance, and whether or not I "think" they should take the voluntary offer. It's really tough. Lots of people in my office sobbing. That's so difficult for me. I want to make everyone feel good about themselves...and I can't here. Next step for us is to start walking people out. Tough times, brother! Sounds to me like we need some time together in the same room with a couple of bourbons and some Madden football!
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