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There are three words, that if we really believe them, will change our perspective, our outlook, our attitude – our everything! What are they? Well, let’s let one of the great people of faith, Abraham, tell us.
In Genesis 22, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Now, consider the fact that Isaac was the son that God promised Abraham and Sarah. He was the only one who could continue the lineage of Abraham’s innumerable descendants, again as promised by God. And now, Abraham was asked to kill him! Abraham’s faith in God caused him to trust and obey (Hebrews 11:17-19).
As they neared the spot God had designated to be the sacrificial place, Isaac asked his father, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” (Genesis 22:7). It is then that Abraham gives us the phrase to always remember – the phrase that changes everything: “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” (Genesis 22:8). And He did! After passing the test of faith in the motions of going through with the sacrifice, in the nick of time, God provided a ram to be the substitute (Genesis 22:9-14).
“God will provide.” Believing and saying that reminds us that no matter the circumstances in our lives, God is in control and will always act on what is in our best interest at the proper time. We must, like Abraham, trust and obey and step forward in faith knowing that “God will provide.”
Edd Sterchi
Broadway church of Christ
Campbellsville, KY