He saddled his ass

“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”

“God tempted Abraham to give him the opportunity to increase his appreciation of God’s love and goodness. However, the story would have ended right there unless Abraham had actually done something. There are many people today who attend mission meetings of various kinds when a representative visits their church and they get up at the end to indicate their willingness for mission. The next time a representative comes the same people stand up again and keep standing up every time there is an invitation. (Matt 21: 28-31) Responding to an invitation like that is not the same as engaging with God in the journey of faith. Abraham left his home and headed out when God called him. Abraham believed God when God promised to give him a son. At this stage, God told Abraham to offer up that same son as a sacrifice and Abraham saddled his ass and went to the place that God had told him to go. God wants people who are willing to be living sacrifices in His service but there are times when it seems as though we are going to have to give up our lives and everything that we love in order to serve Him. Abraham didn’t question, he did what God wanted him to do. These days we have the full Bible and our first act of love towards God should be to read the Bible and pray so that we will know God’s will for us. Then, we just have to get up and go even when we don’t know where we are going. If God made us, and gave His Only Begotten Son to die for us then surely He will only do good things for us. Not only does God do good things, He also does nice things as well.

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