God will Provide For Himself The Lamb

Genesis Chapter 22 tells the story of Abraham when God tested him and asked him to offer up his son Issac as a burnt offering. From my last post I pointed out how offerings are such a large part of religion in the world. This story again is a story about an offering. God asked Abraham to bring an offering, the offering of his son. God is not into human sacrifice but God would ask Abraham to be willing to give everything to worship and to follow Him. This is still the call today. We are to lay down our lives and become His followers or His disciples. To follow Jesus we must lay down or offer our lives so that we can find His life and the life He has for us. Lk 14:26 - If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. If we love anything more than we love God we cannot be His disciple. Abraham, by faith, obeyed the command of his Father and in the process of obeying proclaimed the words that are the title of this blog post. God will provide for Himself The Lamb!!!! Abraham is called the Father of Faith and this test of his faith shows that faith is all about loving God more than we love our lives. Abraham obeyed God out of trust and loving obedience. Although God asked of Him a hard thing, he trusted the Lord to provide. By faith Abraham carried out God's command and through his faith he saw and became a partaker of God's offering, the Lamb that He provided. Christians live by faith and not by sight. As we lay down our lives through faith, God provides the offering that gives us His new life. The offering He provided is the Lamb that takes away our sin. His offering gives us a new heart and a new mind. His offering provided the means for us to be filled with His Spirit.

Heb 10: 12-14 - But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool, For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Today may we live by the same faith that Abraham displayed and offer up our lives. God has provided The Lamb and His name is Jesus!!!!