madi’s place

Today was one of those days where everything I planned just did not happen, but yet I am grateful because everything happens for the best of all. I wanted to go cycling but had to stay at home because of my son, who was very sick. Later I took him to the doctor who then wanted to admit him in to the hospital because of dehydration. I was heart broken. She told me to take him home get his stuff together and return in half an hour’s time. On my way home I said a little prayer that some how he can please stay at home and not have to go. I received my miracle and my son is at home, and not in hospital.

This whole experienced made me realize how Abraham must have felt when God asked him to sacrifice his only son Isaac to God. For so long Abraham and his wife could not have children and then one day God promised Abraham that he will bless him with a great offspring. God gave Isaac to Sarah and Abraham, because that was Abraham’s greatest wish in life to have a son, and yet God then asked of Abraham to sacrifice that child to Him.

Being a parent I can just imagine what Abraham must have thought, and how he felt. I was very upset just thinking of my son having to go to hospital and not having him around for the night. Abraham had to sacrifice his son. But instead of fighting or arguing with God, Abraham obeyed. He packed the donkey and took his son and they left. Abraham was willing to give his most valuable possession to God. When Isaac asked his father what they were going to sacrifice to God Abraham replied that God will supply.

We so often ask God to help us when we are in need, but are we willing to give back to God for all the blessing we receive on a daily basis. We so often think that being religious and serving God is lame. We blame time for the fact that we go to bed without reading our Bible or saying a prayer. We hardly have enough time for ourselves or our family let alone serving God on a daily basis. My friend laughs at me when I talk about going to church. Yet this is all God asks from us.

We get upset when our prayers are not answered yet we are not willing to give God the glory and time He deserves in our lives. God blessed Abraham with a great offspring because he was always on his post ready to serve God.

What are you willing to give God today?