“When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.”         Genesis 22:9,10 NIV

Absolute surrender means following through with the sacrifice. It had been three days since the Lord had instructed Abraham to make the supreme sacrifice, to offer his own son as a sacrifice to Him. Abraham had three long days to agonize over the matter. For three days – days that had passed far too quickly – Abraham had taken weary step after weary step, with a heart so heavy that he must have felt as though it would burst. Now, father and son had reached the fatal place. Abraham made final preparations. He built an altar and laid the wood on the altar, and then the fatal, final moment came to bind and offer the sacrifice. Would Abraham do it? Did Abraham love the Lord enough to obey His Word, to make the supreme sacrifice to the Lord? To offer his own son as a sacrifice to the Lord? Scripture tells us in tense, graphic statements: “Abraham bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.” Abraham was an elderly man, and Isaac was probably around twenty years old. Isaac could have easily overcome his father and fled away, but Scripture says nothing about a struggle. Isaac entrusted himself to the Lord and his father. Are we willing to follow through in our surrender?

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, we surrender our struggles in following through our surrender.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, we choose to follow through with our surrender to You, even though it comes with a great wrestling within our hearts. AMEN

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Matthew 24:1-28

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