Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 22:8 (New International Version)

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

This passage is from the story of when God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham obeys, and God intervenes at the right moment after He sees Abraham’s faith. The verse given here is Abraham speaking to his son. Isaac had just asked his father where they would find a lamb for the sacrifice.

God provides, and then Abraham sacrificed. Abraham “sacrificed” what God had given him.

I think the situation today is the same. As Christians, we sacrifice things for God. But all those things came from God. All He asks us to do is gave up a small part of what He gave us. He isn’t asking us to give up things that we did by ourselves.

What could be easier?