Friday, April 26, 2013

Shalom,

Today's message from the devotional "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is very thought provoking!


Take now your son . . . and offer him . . . as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you Genesis 22:2


.....  If we obey what God says according to our sincere belief, God will break us from those traditional beliefs that misrepresent Him. There are many such beliefs which must be removed-for example, that God removes a child because his mother loves him too much. That is the devil’s lie and a travesty on the true nature of God! If the devil can hinder us from taking the supreme climb and getting rid of our wrong traditional beliefs about God, he will do so. But if we will stay true to God, God will take us through an ordeal that will serve to bring us into a better knowledge of Himself.
The great lesson to be learned from Abraham’s faith in God is that he was prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter what contrary belief of his might be violated by his obedience. Abraham was not devoted to his own convictions or else he would have slain Isaac and said that the voice of the angel was actually the voice of the devil. That is the attitude of a fanatic. If you will remain true to God, God will lead you directly through every barrier and right into the inner chamber of the knowledge of Himself. But you must always be willing to come to the point of giving up your own convictions and traditional beliefs.  ....
Abraham obeyed God because he BELIEVED the promise of God that he would be the "father of many nations" (Genesis 17:4) and that his descendants would be as numerous as the sands of the sea and as the stars of the heaven (Genesis 22:17)! He didn't know HOW God was going to accomplish this if he offered Isaac, but he knew God WOULD! I imagine Abraham picturing Isaac rising from the dead! To have THAT kind of faith in God and His Word requires an all out commitment to feeding on the Word, meditating on the Word and obeying the Word, by the direction of the Holy Spirit. There are NO short cuts available! Determine today to make the Word of God your #1 priority! You will NEVER regret that decision! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with a new song called "Stay And Wait":



Shalom in Him!