The Greatest Test—Part 1

Certainly the greatest test of faith that Abraham ever faced was the command of God to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis 22).  Isaac was the son of his wife Sarah, the son of his old age, the son in whom all the promises of God were to be fulfilled.  Abraham loved Isaac above everthing else, well...almost everything.  Abraham proved by his willingness to obey God in this awesome test that he loved and feared the Lord above all.  Believe me, God will ask nothing less of His choicest saints!  I’m not sure whether or not He tests all Christians to this degree, but our hearts must be prepared for such trials if we desire His greatest blessings.  To stand with Abraham we must be prepared to sacrifice our Isaac—what we love most in this world.  I will take a couple of days to focus on what we can learn from such tests.