WHAT DO YOU SAY AT TRYING MOMENTS?
SONG
Jesus can do all things.
O yes,
He can do all things
O yes.
TEXT
"He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you. ” - Genesis 22:5
When Abraham told his servants "we will come back to you.”, He was very optimistic in his thoughts and words. There was no iota of doubt in his words. He told his servant categorically that himself and the boy would come back together to meet with them. He knew very well that he was going to sacrifice his son unto God and that under normal circumstances, he was most likely not to come back with the son alive. Yet, he spoke words of faith ahead of his ordeal.
This is where the question comes in. What kind of words do you speak when faced with challenges of life? Do you by your word throw in the towel or do you hold out and hold forth in faith like Job and say: "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."? - Job 23:10.
Abraham believed that even if he killed his son, God was able to bring him back to life. God never intends evil for us His children, no matter what He takes us through, the end will always be with testimony.
The Bible says in the book of Heb.11.6. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
Abraham being called the father of faith, can never be over emphasized. At crucial moments of his life, he related to God by unalloyed faith. By faith, he categorically stated before hand what he desired of God.
"Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together." - Genesis 22:8.
He told his son Isacc “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
These words can only proceed from the mouth of a man that has had an encounter with God.
God has said in His Word that the very thing we ask, is exactly what He would do. Abraham knowing so well that God honors the words of His servant, spoke his desire into existence.
The Bible says, "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;" - 2Cor.4.13.
The NIV translation renders it most beautifully "But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, "I believed in God, and so I speak." This is to mean that whatever we believe in, we should speak. Abraham believed that God would provide for Himself a lamb for sacrifice, he spoke it and God brought it to pass.
GOD indeed provided Himself a lamb for the sacrifice, according to the prophecy of the man of God.
So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided." - Genesis 22:14
PRAYER
Thank you Heavenly Father for being faithful to your Word. I receive the supply to every of my need at this moment, according to your promises in Jesus Mighty name.