We know that Isaac is the son of abraham, a very special one, his first born child in his family on his old age... Sometimes later, God ask Abraham to offer his son Isaac to be the sacrifice as a burnt offering for Him. Did Abraham follows what God commanded him to do? In latter part of Genesis 22, we will see that he is willing to offer his only son Isaac to God, and after that, God bless him abundantly.
Do only Abrham have Isaac in his life? Or all of us have Isaac in our lives? I believe that there is an Isaac in our lives that God was asking for, but we are not willing to. We keep on denying and trying to close our ears everytime God ask our Isaac in our lives. Maybe we consider this Isaac of ours to be the most valuable possession or possessions in our lives and it makes you preoccupied with those possessions, that those possessions become the center of your life so that you no longer need and fear God.
God is not a "kill joy God", but He only wants the best in our lives.. According to Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Gods plan in our lives will only happen if we are willing to give up those things that hinders us to fully obey God. Abrahams fear to God makes him fully obey. I have to clarify things, "to fear God doesn't mean that we are afraid of His punishment, but our fear to God should be a fear of dissappointing Him, diasspointing and hurting the one we love, our first love."
And how about this Samuel?? who is he?? First, we want to know his background. Hannah is the mother of Samuel. Before, she doesn't have any child. She went to the temple to wept and pray that God would grant her a son, and if her prayer will be granted, she will give him back to the Lord for all the days of his life. We may notice that all of us are like hannah. We ask God for something we want and promise a lot of things in exchange for the things we want. In the end, we forgot all our promises and focus on the things we have. But hannah honor his vow to the Lord. After she weaned him, he was sent to the temple to serve. Samuel is the best thing Hannah have, but still, she know His God fully well. After that, God blessed Hannah abundantly.
Again, do only Hannah have Samuel in her life? Are we willing to give our best to God eventhough He doesn't ask for it? for we know that God only deserve what is best in our lives. There were times in my life wherein i tried to evaluate what are the best things that I can offer to God. I soon found out that all this things belongs to our God, and the best thing I have is my LIFE. Gods love and grace is so great, that he grant us the freedom to choose, to decide of what we want with our lives. For him, we are not robots who follows every command. He want us to willingly choose Him despite of what the world can offer. Do you know what is the Samuel of your life? God said in Luke 9:24 "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses their lives for me will save it." Think....
So sad that we are trying to save our lives by focusing on earthly things without knowing that we cannot bring it with us when we die. There is only one thing we could bring in heaven, only PEOPLE.
God is now telling you " I believe that it is time that we take a walk and put you to the test to see what you love most in life."
Enjoy Gods grace and love my friend.
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