Saturday July 1
Bible Reading: Gen. 22: 15 - 19
Topic: Obedience Is Rewarded
Obedience is the key to
fulfilling our destiny. It is total surrender to God's Will and therefore the
easiest way of attracting God's blessings to our lives.
In this passage, God was
evidently moved by Abraham's obedience and immediately pronounced blessings on
him and his posterity.
We know that God abhors
human sacrifice and would severely punish all those who indulge in it as the
Scripture warns us. However, the pagans in Canaan routinely sacrificed their
children to idols, so in asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac, God was testing
Abraham's faith in Him to see if he was willing to give up what he valued most
as a sign of devotion to Him.
We give total obedience to
God only when we completely trust in His love and faithfulness and Abraham
passed that test with flying colours.
We can only meaningfully
claim that Abraham's blessings are ours when we follow Abraham's example of
complete love for, trust in and obedience to God even when it doesn't make
sense as in this case.
Such complete (and some
would say irrational) obedience to God is the key to unlocking the blessings of
God in our lives, families, businesses, careers, ministry, e.t.c.
Prayer
Help me Lord, to
consistently walk in total obedience to Your Word, Amen.
Memory Verse Gen. 22: 17
"That in blessing, I
will bless thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the stars of the Heaven, and as the upon the sea shore; and
thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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