“Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.” Genesis 22:3 NIV
This fact of thinking things through is of extreme importance. While Abraham was thinking through the sacrifice, he was obeying the Lord, and while he was obeying the Lord, he was thinking through the sacrifice. Not understanding the problem did not keep Abraham from obeying the Lord. Abraham was committed to obeying the Lord whether he understood the problem or not. Abraham arose early to begin making preparations. He himself saddled the donkey and cut the wood. He had hundreds of workers, but he did it all himself. Why? He probably did what many of us do when we face problems. He sought solitude in physical work while he thought through the sacrifice and problem. The journey to Moriah took three days. Abraham had three days to think through the sacrifice. Imagine! Three days to either rationalize his way out of the sacrifice or to more deeply surrender himself to the Lord’s command. The sacrifice of our lives to the Lord, making an absolute surrender, demands thought, the deepest and most serious thought possible. Any person who hears God’s call to absolute surrender, to sacrifice their life totally to the Lord must know what they are doing. They must think through the Lord’s call, just what it means to totally sacrifice their life to the Lord. What it means to give up their life, to make an absolute surrender to the Lord. (See Luke 9:23).
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord as we process our absolute surrender, we choose to obey You.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, as we process our surrender, we are reminded that we never can prove the delights of Your love, until all on the altar we lay. AMEN
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)
Matthew 22:34-46
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