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worship
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5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”
So the two of them went together.
Everthing begins with worship
(NKJV)
12 So He said, “I will certainly be with you.
And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
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24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
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6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’
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24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”
So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him.
And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns.
So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
3. Depend on God’s provision (Gen.
22:6–14)
Two statements reveal the emphasis of this passage: “God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering” (Gen.
22:8); and “Jehovah-jireh” (22:14), which means, “The Lord will see to it,” that is, “The Lord will provide.”
As he climbed Mount Moriah with his son, Abraham was confident that God would meet every need.
On what could Abraham depend?
He certainly could not depend on his feelings, for there must have been terrible pain within as he contemplated slaying his son on the altar.
He loved his only son, but he also loved his God and wanted to obey Him.
Nor could Abraham depend on other people.
Sarah was at home, and the two servants who accompanied him were back at the camp.
We thank God for friends and family members who can help us carry our burdens, but there are some trials in life that we must face alone.
It is only then that we can see what our Father really can do for us!
Abraham could depend on the promise and provision of the Lord.
He had already experienced the resurrection power of God in his own body (Rom.
4:19–21), so he knew that God could raise Isaac from the dead if that was His plan.
Apparently no resurrections had taken place before that time, so Abraham was exercising great faith in God.
According to Ephesians 1:19–20 and 3:20–21, believers today have Christ’s resurrection power available in their own bodies as they yield to the Spirit of God.
We can know “the power of His resurrection” (Phil.
3:10) as we face the daily demands and trials of life.
When the situation appears to be hopeless, ask yourself, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (Gen.
18:14) and remind yourself, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil.
4:13, NKJV).
God did provide the sacrifice that was needed, and a ram took Isaac’s place on the altar (Gen.
22:13).
Abraham discovered a new name for God—“Jehovah-jireh”—which can be translated “The Lord will see to it” or “The Lord will be seen.”
The statement “In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen” helps us understand some truths about the provision of the Lord.
Where does the Lord provide our needs?
In the place of His assignment.
Abraham was at the right place, so God could meet his needs.
We have no right to expect the provision of God if we are not in the will of God.
When does God meet our needs?
Just when we have the need and not a minute before.
When you bring your requests to the throne of grace, God answers with mercy and grace “in time of need” (Heb.
4:16).
Sometimes it looks like God waits until the last minute to send help, but that is only from our human point of view.
God is never late.
How does God provide for us?
In ways that are usually quite natural.
God did not send an angel with a sacrifice; He simply allowed a ram to get caught in a bush at a time when Abraham needed it and in a place where Abraham could get his hands on it.
All Abraham needed was one animal, so God did not send a whole flock of sheep.
To whom does God give His provision?
To those who trust Him and obey His instructions.
When we are doing the will of God, we have the right to expect the provision of God.
A deacon in the first church I pastored used to remind us, “When God’s work is done in God’s way, it will not lack God’s support.”
God is not obligated to bless my ideas or projects, but He is obligated to support His work if it is done in His way.
Why does God provide our every need?
For the great glory of His name! “Hallowed be Thy name” is the first petition in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt.
6:9–13), and it governs all the other requests.
God was glorified on Mount Moriah because Abraham and Isaac did the will of the Lord and glorified Jesus Christ.
We must pause to consider this important truth.
4. Seek to glorify Christ
In times of testing, it is easy to think only about our needs and our burdens; instead, we should be focusing on bringing glory to Jesus Christ.
We find ourselves asking “How can I get out of this?” instead of “What can I get out of this that will honor the Lord?”
We sometimes waste our sufferings by neglecting or ignoring opportunities to reveal Jesus Christ to others who are watching us go through the furnace.
If ever two suffering people revealed Jesus Christ, it was Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah.
Their experience is a picture of the Father and the Son and the cross and is one of the most beautiful types of Christ found anywhere in the Old Testament.
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