God won\u2019t ask you for what you don\u2019t have, but sometimes He will ask for the thing you really want to keep.<\/i> Why? To see if there is anything you value or depend on more than Him. Abraham was tested many times in many different ways. But he passed the tests and was blessed like very few others in the Bible. <\/p>\n
Imagine God saying to you, \u2018Take now your son, your only son\u2026 whom you love\u2026 and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.\u2019<\/i> (Genesis\u00a022:2\u00a0NKJV) Can you envision the questions that would swirl through your mind? Little wonder Abraham was called \u2018the friend of God\u2019<\/i> (James\u00a02:23\u00a0NKJV) and \u2018the father of all who believe.\u2019<\/i> (Romans\u00a04:11\u00a0NIV) <\/p>\n
And when the test was over, God said this: \u2018Because you have done this thing, and have not withheld\u2026 your only son\u2026 I will bless you, and\u2026 multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore\u2026 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.\u2019<\/i> (Genesis\u00a022:16\u201318\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n
So here is the question: what is God asking of you<\/i>? Are you wrestling with it? Are you withholding what He wants, or are you \u2018all in\u2019? Isaac was the hardest seed Abraham ever had to sow. But that seed produced a harvest of blessing greater than anything Abraham ever dreamed or thought possible.<\/p>\n
What is God asking you to do today? When you say yes<\/i> to Him, you will experience a whole new level of blessing in your life. Try it and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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