Thursday, January 7, 2010

This morning a couple of things jumped out at me. First, Genesis 11:32 I couldn't remember who Terah was. I thought he must be important because his death seemed to be singled out. So, I looked him up, he was Abram's father. I did figure out that it stood out more because we are reading the chronological bible.

The second thing made me laugh at loud. After Abraham sent his servant out to find a wife for Issac the servant prayed a very specific prayer so he would know without a doubt that God had sent the woman. And before he finished praying God had done exactly as he asked. But, did you catch it, the servant still wondered whether or not the Lord had given him success in his mission. (Genesis 24: 21) Some things never change, do they? How many answered prayers have I missed because I didn't believe God would answer so quickly and so precise.
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  1. LisaJanuary 7, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    I also laughed about the servant wondering if God had answered his prayer even though God did exactly as he prayed.

    One thing that really stood out to me was in 22:12 where God stopped Abraham from sacraficing Isaac & said "You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

    Yet that is what God did for us & He uses the same words in Jo 3"16 "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son".

    I've always been able to relate to Abraham sacrificing his only son & how horrible that would have been. And I've always known that God sacrificed his only son for me - but I never attached the same kind of human emotions to it. The same feelings of horror at the thought of holding a knife to the throat of your child. I think that I have viewed God as being above those emotions - as if He is too big, to God like, to have those kindof feelings. Yet since Gen 1 He is showing himself to be a very personal & emotional God with feelings and with a very real relationship with His people. So his sacrifice for us must have been more than a rote event. It quite possibly was very emotional & painful for him. After all it was his one & only son too. Hope that makes sense.

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