Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14
Every time I read this story – I always have the same thought that crosses my mind. What on earth did Isaac have to be thinking?
“Yeah, sure – hey dad, let’s go on this trip and make a sacrifice. We’ve got ourselves some wood, some fire, some… ummm… hey, dad… uh… where’s the sacrifice? Where’s the ram, or the goat, or the lamb that we’re supposed to be using?
Oh, God will provide. Ok. Cool… but… wait… ummm… why exactly are you binding my hands and feet? And putting me on top of the wood, and lighting the fire… and pulling out that knife … uh… hey! Wait a second!!”
Many will say this is a story about how God tested Abraham’s faith – though you have to admit, Isaac’s kinda up there on the whole faith thing, too, in this story. Not sure how willingly I’d allow myself to be bound and tossed upon a pile of burning wood.
Every time I read this story – I always have the same thought that crosses my mind. What on earth did Isaac have to be thinking?
“Yeah, sure – hey dad, let’s go on this trip and make a sacrifice. We’ve got ourselves some wood, some fire, some… ummm… hey, dad… uh… where’s the sacrifice? Where’s the ram, or the goat, or the lamb that we’re supposed to be using?
Oh, God will provide. Ok. Cool… but… wait… ummm… why exactly are you binding my hands and feet? And putting me on top of the wood, and lighting the fire… and pulling out that knife … uh… hey! Wait a second!!”
Many will say this is a story about how God tested Abraham’s faith – though you have to admit, Isaac’s kinda up there on the whole faith thing, too, in this story. Not sure how willingly I’d allow myself to be bound and tossed upon a pile of burning wood.
