Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death—and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death. Hebrews 11:19 GNT
We each have a different level of faith. Some of us have faith because we believe in God. We believe he exists. We believe that when we choose Jesus, we will have eternal life. We believe that heaven is going to be way better than here. We have all sorts of doctrinal beliefs and we have faith in those.
Sometimes though, I think that is where our faith ends. It’s intellectual. It’s not alive.
When God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, do you think he had this kind of conversation with himself? What, you don’t have conversations with yourself? 😊
Abraham: God asked me to sacrifice Isaac. This can’t be right. Why would he wait all those years to give me this promise that he clearly said would be the fulfillment of his promise to me to be the father of many nations only to take it away? Why would he give me a son to take care of, to grow close to, to love only to have me kill him? This does’t sound right.
I imagine that Abraham prayed a lot about this and wrestled with God. He finally came to this.
Abraham: God, I trust you. I’ve seen your hand in my life over and over again. I will do this thing that you are asking me to do. I don’t want to, but Lord, I know who you are. I know you can raise Isaac from the dead. I know you will fulfill the promise you made to me because you can’t do anything else. It goes against who You are.
You see, Abraham knew God. He knew who he was and that caused him to live out his faith. Abraham’s faith was not just intellectual. It was lived out. He walked it day by day trusting in God.
How is your faith? If God called you to do something that was outside the realm of your comprehension, would you do it? Will you know in your heart that God will take care of it? And most importantly, will you walk the walk of faith and step out following God’s lead?