Lay Your Isaac Down

Have you ever thought of the pain Abraham must have felt that day God spoke and said, “Go! Give me your best offering?” You ever wondered what was going through His mind, as he and his precious son walked up that mountain? Just try to imagine what he felt as he hear the voice of his only son ask “where is the lamb for the offering?” Have you ever stopped long enough to think about how much faith and strength it took to make the first step toward the alter?

Abrahams heart must have been so broken and in such deep anguish!! “Why would God do this to me? Why would he take the one I have dreamed of for a hundred years? My future!! My pride and joy!! My only true boy.”

The bible says that God spoke to Abraham and told him to give the one he loved, his son, as a offering. And we can read where the word says that Abraham “staggered not.” The name Isaac means laughter. And Abraham had such a deep love for God that his heart cried “Lord!! I surrender all to you. My dreams, I will crush them with my own hands if that’s what you desire!! I will literally trade the smile on my face, the laughter of my life, and the song of my heart.. just to please you. You are more to me than life itself!! Although I really don't understand, you never asked me to. You just said "trust me!!" Lord!!! I love you more!! ”

Have you ever been the one to hear Gods call, “go and offer your everything?!” Have you ever been the one walking up that mountain?! Have you ever been the one building the alter?! Have you ever took the knife in your hand?! Have you ever… laid down your Isaac?!?!
 
Gen. 22: 9-10 And Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.