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KNOWING YOUR OWN HEART

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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.”        Genesis 22:2 NIV

 

The Lord did not test Abraham that Abraham might prove himself to the Lord. The Lord knew Abraham’s heart. For the Lord knows all things. But Abraham needed to know his own heart, and all future believers needed a picture of what absolute surrender to the Lord means, a testimony that a person can love the Lord supremely. We can make an absolute surrender and sacrifice of ourselves to the Lord, and discover that the Lord can take care of us, no matter what may confront us. Thus the testing of Abraham took place in order to show and teach several things to both Abraham and succeeding generations. Abraham demonstrated that a person can know the Lord personally. A person can actually have a personal relationship with the Lord. This is shown by the name used for the Lord – Ha ‘Elohim (Genesis 22:1). The Hebrew name here stresses the personal, true LORD. It was the personal, true LORD (Ha ‘Elohim) who spoke to Abraham, not just the Lord (Elohim, the general name used for God). Abraham demonstrated that a person can love the Lord supremely. A person can love the Lord before all else, even before their son or daughter. Abraham demonstrated that a person can glorify the Lord above all else by obeying the Lord’s Word just as it is given, no matter the cost. Abraham demonstrated that a person can be completely surrendered to God and discover one’s own heart.

 

PRAYER THOUGHT

All to Jesus I surrender, make me, Saviour, wholly Thine.

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

All to Jesus I surrender, make me, Saviour, wholly Thine; Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit, truly know that Thou art mine. AMEN

 

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Matthew 22:1-14

 

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