Word for Today....Are YOU an Isaac?
Scripture: And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Gen 22:7
Where is the lamb for the burnt offering?
Abraham had been given a son of promise, but then was told to go and offer him up as a sacrifice to God. The bible says that Abraham didn’t hesitate, but gathered his servants, the wood, the fire, the knife and his son and did as God commanded. I understand that the scripture text shows Abraham’s faith and trust in God, but let’s look at Isaac’s willingness as well.
Contrary to what most people believe about this text, Isaac was NOT a small child; just willing to obey his father. He was actually around 25 or 26 years old. He had thoughts, dreams, aspirations and an OPINION. But when his father asked him to follow him to the mountain of God to offer a sacrifice; he just did it. He didn’t know at the time that HE was the sacrifice. He could have been like some of our youth are today: HARDHEADED, REBELLIOUS and DISRESPECTFUL. But he honored his father and was willing to do whatever his father asked. It wasn’t until the two of them got to the mountain with the knife, the wood and the fire that Isaac finally asked, “where is the sacrifice?” Abraham didn’t tell him the HE was the sacrifice, but instead told him that GOD would provide HIMSELF a lamb. When they got to the place where Abraham was to offer Isaac, he bound his son and laid him on the altar. Isaac didn’t fight back or try to run away from being the sacrifice, but was willing to be offered up.
Isaac represents obedience and self-sacrifice. How many of us are willing to be offered as sacrifices to God? Hebrews 12:1 says that WE should offer our bodies as living sacrifices unto God, which is our reasonable service. It is what we OUGHT to do. So in essence we should stand as an "Abraham"; willing to let go of EVERYTHING that we might please God and an "Isaac." We, as modern day Isaacs, must be obedient to God and be willing to be the sacrifice for God. God is searching for someone that he can show HIMSELF. He wants a sacrifice, that will climb up on the altar of obedience and say, “Lord not my will, but thine be done."
ARE THERE ANY ISAACS’ OUT THERE!!!!!!!Be Blessed!!!!
