God will test us in different ways at different times. He may at one time ask a Christian to give up something or someone very dear to them, as He did to Abraham. You may be called upon just once in your life to make such a costly sacrifice. How you respond could determine the usefulness and fruitfulness of the rest of your life. Will you respond with murmuring and impatience? Or will you freely submit to the will of God, acknowledging His wisdom and sovereign right to deal with you as He deems best?
You will also be tested every day in regard to sinful desires that must be rejected. It is in the things of the world we love most, the sins that we cherish most, that daily tests will come. It is in putting to death the corruptions which are so contrary to spiritual life, and yet so deeply rooted in our nature, that we will be called upon to give up our Isaac.
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