God put Abraham to the test.
He tells him:
« 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)
Never had God required a human burnt offering!
And nobody would have accepted it.
But Abraham accepted and went to the place that God had told him, carrying in his hand the fire and the knife, with his son Isaac who carried on his head the wood for the burnt offering.
Arrived at the place that God had told him, Abraham erected an altar there, and arranged the wood there.
As he bound his son Isaac, put him on the altar on top of the wood, and took the knife to slay his son (verses 9 and 10), an angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said to him:
« Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son. »(Genesis 22:12)
If he had not trusted in God, Abraham would not have blindly obeyed the word of God. This obedience pleases God.
If we also want to please God, let us blindly obey his word in all the situations and circumstances that he imposes on our lives.
PRAYER:
Our Father who art in heaven, help us to blindly obey your word in all the situations and circumstances that you impose on our lives.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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