I'm posting...again.
This time its about Genesis 22 and if you read it before you read this post it will probably make a lot more sense, but i'll try to fill you in if you dont' read it. I read it this morning in my devotions and some things really stuck out to me.
Genesis 22 is when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only and long awaited son. This chapter is pretty much all about obedience. (And again a lot of this stuff with come from the 'study' part of my Bible) God was testing Abraham to see if Abraham loved God or his son more. I'll make a point with this. We need to have God first in our lives at ALL times. I know i haven't always had Him first in my life. There are so many things that we get caught up in and it's sometimes hard to make time for God which is absolutly AWFUL. God does not expect you to be perfect twenty four seven. He knows you are going to sin and fall short. ( theres that verse in Romans "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" that's not word perfect i dont' think but it goes something like that) Okay on to the next point. God does not test us to see us trip and fall. He tests us to deepen our relationship with Him and develope our character. Instead of complaining or being upset/frustrated we need to embrace the difficult circumstance and let God build our character up. ( ha. I'm great at that, let me tell you. definatly being sarcastic but im working on it) Obeying God does not come naturally or easy and we're not always gonna get it right. Obeying God may mean making sacrifices we dont' want to make but in the end we will be blessed for it and you never know, the sacrifice you made, God might allow it to come back to you. And sometimes, like Abraham, we have to 'sacrifice' someone or something in our hearts before God allows us to have that thing or that person back in our lifes. And then He will provide what we need, in Abraham's case it was a ram. If we obey God, His blessings will outweigh our sacrifices by far.
Just like Abraham almost sacrificed his son, God did sacrifice His Son. Although it's a sad thing that God did not spare His Son and allowed Him to die for us (which we don't even deserve God's love) we should be thankful He didn't spare His Son because if He hadn't we'd be in a lot of trouble and wouldn't be able to expierence God's grace and an amazing eternity in heaven.
This time its about Genesis 22 and if you read it before you read this post it will probably make a lot more sense, but i'll try to fill you in if you dont' read it. I read it this morning in my devotions and some things really stuck out to me.
Genesis 22 is when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only and long awaited son. This chapter is pretty much all about obedience. (And again a lot of this stuff with come from the 'study' part of my Bible) God was testing Abraham to see if Abraham loved God or his son more. I'll make a point with this. We need to have God first in our lives at ALL times. I know i haven't always had Him first in my life. There are so many things that we get caught up in and it's sometimes hard to make time for God which is absolutly AWFUL. God does not expect you to be perfect twenty four seven. He knows you are going to sin and fall short. ( theres that verse in Romans "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" that's not word perfect i dont' think but it goes something like that) Okay on to the next point. God does not test us to see us trip and fall. He tests us to deepen our relationship with Him and develope our character. Instead of complaining or being upset/frustrated we need to embrace the difficult circumstance and let God build our character up. ( ha. I'm great at that, let me tell you. definatly being sarcastic but im working on it) Obeying God does not come naturally or easy and we're not always gonna get it right. Obeying God may mean making sacrifices we dont' want to make but in the end we will be blessed for it and you never know, the sacrifice you made, God might allow it to come back to you. And sometimes, like Abraham, we have to 'sacrifice' someone or something in our hearts before God allows us to have that thing or that person back in our lifes. And then He will provide what we need, in Abraham's case it was a ram. If we obey God, His blessings will outweigh our sacrifices by far.
Just like Abraham almost sacrificed his son, God did sacrifice His Son. Although it's a sad thing that God did not spare His Son and allowed Him to die for us (which we don't even deserve God's love) we should be thankful He didn't spare His Son because if He hadn't we'd be in a lot of trouble and wouldn't be able to expierence God's grace and an amazing eternity in heaven.
God Bless!!
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