SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/05/2006
My Worship Time Focus: Depend on God’s provision
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Genesis 22:6-14
Message of the verses: “6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. 7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, ‘My father!’ And he said, ‘Here I am, my son.’ And he said, ‘Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ 8 Abraham said, ‘God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ So the two of them walked on together. 9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10 Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ 12 He said, ‘Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.’ 13 Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
14 Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, ‘In the mount of the LORD it will be provided.’
This story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most remarkable stories that we find in the Bible and by reading this over it has increased my faith and caused me to have much more respect for Abraham and for Isaac.
As said in the last SD this has many pictures of Christ and His Father in it. In Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary he quotes Martian Luther and I would like to write his quote here: “When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to death, thinking what they are in comparison of the sufferings of my blessed Savior Christ Jesus.” This quote was given in the part of the book that was explaining how Abraham and Isaac’s life was a type of Christ’s.
Here are some more quotes for the book: “1. Where does the Lord provide our needs? In the place of His assignment. 2. How does God provide for us? In ways that are usually quite natural. 3. To whom does God give His provision? To those who trust Him and obey His instructions. 4. Why does God provide our every need? For the great glory of His name! Hallowed be Thy name is the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer and it governs all the other requests. God was glorified on Mount Mariah because Abraham and Isaac did the will of the Lord and glorified Jesus Christ. We must pause to consider this important truth.”
Today is Father’s Day 2020 and every time I think about being a father to a son and thinking about what Abraham was going to do to his son Isaac I find it very difficult if not impossible to think that I could ever do that to my son. Thanks be to God the Father who did not hold back His only Son to pay for my sins and all those who will accept that provision so that I would never have to do what Abraham was willing to do.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I can only say that I totally agree with Martin Luther in saying that all of my trials and tribulations are very small in comparison with those of Jesus Christ, yet I want to have the attitude that when I go through trials that it is for the glory of the Lord and not in any way complain and ask why.
The Word of God has been a great challenge to me and has also been conviction to me and at the same time has been refreshing to me.
My Steps of Faith Today: To trust the Lord as He sends me through the tests that He has chosen for me to go through, and to bring glory to His name by going through them. To trust the Lord to continue to teach me contentment and to direct my path.
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