sacrificed!

Genesis 22:2

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah”.

Isaac was a picture of Jesus – a son born of promise, taken up a mountain with wood on his back to be sacrificed.

And here Abraham is a picture of God the Father. In thinking of Abraham and Isaac, we see the Father and the Son. The Son was not just a sacrificial lamb, He is the only begotten Son, the beloved of heaven, loved incredibly by the Father.

The WILD boys had an incredible “upper room” time a few Sundays ago and we all had such an intimate time with the Holy Spirit.

One of the things I felt as I pondered the cross was the pain of the Father, a picture of Him crying, and I wept saying “I know, I know – you gave your Son and all we do is mess around down here”. But I felt the Father’s sorrow grow.

And He said ‘My heart does not cry, “Hey, I gave you my Son, what have you given for me?” I cry because I see a people who don’t believe how much I loved my Son and how precious he was to me. He was everything to me and it hurt me so much to have him cry out “Why have you forsaken me?” And you think that I want more sacrifice from my children? That one sacrifice was more then enough; so abundantly more than enough. I gave up everything for my people and they act like it wasn’t enough for their health, their success, their prosperity, their hope.’

The very works that I thought proved to God how much I deserved his favour are actually a dilution of the work of the cross. His beloved Son was more than enough for His favour to be released all over my life. Doesn’t that make us want to worship and know Him even more? It’s not a cop out – it’s our gospel!

Prayer for this week: Father, thank you for your redeeming work. I want to know more about Jesus and how He has given me everything. No matter what happens, I can always rely on what was done for me at the cross.