Friday June 30
Bible Reading: Gen. 22: 1 - 14
Topic: Give Them All To Jesus!
God asked Abraham to
sacrifice his only son Isaac which humanly speaking was a very hard thing for
him to do.
However, on hearing from
God, Abraham promptly obeyed. He took Isaac and his servants to the place of
sacrifice.
As Abraham took his knife
to slay his son, God stopped him and showed him a ram caught in the thicket by
its horn.
This experience served to
confirm that Abraham really feared God and loved God more than he loved Isaac
his only son.
The offering of Isaac was
a prototype and a foreshadow of that of Jesus Christ by God.
Abraham was willing to
offer to God his best, his only son and the one of his old age. Abraham did not
count it too much for him to give Isaac to God as a sacrifice.
God gave His only Begotten
Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
We learn from Abraham that
we should love God so wholeheartedly that there will be absolutely no
possession, relationship, opportunity, credential, achievement and so on that
we will not be ready to give as a sacrifice to God
Prayer
In Jesus Name, dear Lord,
thank You for the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Help me to surrender all
that I am and have to You, Amen.
Memory Verse Gen. 22: 12
"And he (the Angel of
God) said to Abraham, Lay not thine hand upon the lad (Isaac), neither do thou
anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou has not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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