Ready to sacrifice the God's promise?

Are you ready to sacrifice the God's promise?
Please read Genesis 22:1-19

"Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you." Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. "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." Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."


When you read this passage, you can know that God is asking Abraham to give his only son Issac as a burnt offering to God. We know that Abraham and Sarah didnt had a son and after losing all hope at the old age God gave Issac as a promised child to Abraham and Sarah. Issac was the promised one from God, Abraham know that through Issac he will become the father of nations. We can understand that how much Abraham and Sarah loves Issac. Then also God asked Abraham to sacrifice Issac to God as a burnt offering.

We can see that Abraham didnt had any hesitation to sacrifice his only son Issac. He didnt discussed it with anybody even to his wife Sarah about what God has asked him.

If Abraham had told Sarah that God wants Issac to be sacrificed, we can imagine that how she might have responded to Abraham. She might tell, "what happened to you Abraham.. are you mad.. after waiting so many years God has given us His promise and you wants to sacrifice him!! That is the devils voice that u have heard. How God can tell like that... He only gave this great promise to us know!!"

Luckily Abraham didnt discussed it with Sarah. He just obeyed the God with a humble heart. So many things might have gone through Abraham's mind, he overcomed all those. He was able to sacrifice his one and only son whom he loved most in whom was his all future hope. But God came to know that Abraham feared and loved God rather than any other things, so God stopped Abraham from sacrificing Issac and Abraham sacrificed a ram which God provided.

Dear child of God are you waiting in God for the promise He has given you? Did you recieved the promise that God has given you? God wants to know whether you love and fear God rather than any other things? Are you ready to loss the great promise that you are expecting from God because of the fear of God?

Does God has given you a promise that you will earn a salary worth more than anyone else, compared to your friends? But now God is asking you to quit the job which you have as a hope for the promise. Will you be ready to quit the job?

Not only job, any other thing like this... will you be ready to loss or sacrifice??

Dont worry.. if you are ready to sacrifice the one promise that God has given you, God is mighty enough to provide you with the same promise and with so many other promises which you will see and enjoy. God will be pleased in you and He will know that you love and fear Him more than the promise He has given you or any other things.

So if God is asking you to sacrifice the promise that you got from Him only as a burnt offering, dont try to discuss it with anybody else even to the one you consider as close to you and wait for their suggestions also. Just humble your heart and obey the word of God. God will be doing wonders in your life... wait and see...