JUNE 8, 2015
On a Hill Far
Away
Take
now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love. —Genesis 22:2
Read:
Genesis
22:1-12
I often find myself
thinking back to the years when my children were young. One particular fond
memory is our morning wake-up routine. Every morning I’d go into their
bedrooms, tenderly call them by name, and tell them that it was time to get up
and get ready for the day.
When I read that
Abraham got up early in the morning to obey God’s command, I think of those
times when I woke up my children and wonder if part of Abraham’s daily routine
was going to Isaac’s bed to waken him—and how different it would have been on
that particular morning. How heart-rending for Abraham to waken his son that
morning!
Abraham bound his son
and laid him on an altar, but then God provided an alternate sacrifice.
Hundreds of years later, God would supply another sacrifice—the final
sacrifice—His own Son. Think of how agonizing it must have been for God to
sacrifice His Son, His only Son whom He loved! And He went through all of that
because He loves you.
If you wonder whether
you are loved by God, wonder no more.
Lord, I am amazed that
You would love me so much that You would sacrifice Your Son for me. Teach me to
live gratefully in the embrace of Your unfailing love.
God has already proven His love for you.
Source: Our Daily Bread 2015