My pastor continued with his "Faith under Fire" series with a sermon on Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 22:1-18. It was focused on trusting God with your children, rather than "helicoptering" them (i.e. hovering). While that aspect of the message wasn't so applicable to me; yet, there were still some general points that were relevant:
- Testing is actually important in helping us keep our "skills" sharp
- We will all have a series of "tests" throughout our lifetime
- Sometimes we just need to be willing to do the hard thing and be faithful, even when we do not know the outcome
- Abraham had learned to trust God thru all that he has gone thru in the past, and he even believed that he and Isaac would return (as indicated with his use of "we")
- Abraham was an example to Isaac through his own trust in God
- Often God provides at the ELEVENTH HOUR (typically a time when our faith is stretched)
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