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Genesis chapter 22 verses 15 through 18

when I was reading these verses I was struck not just by the promises of blessing to

Abraham here which are huge they're abundant and we've seen those in different

places Genesis 12, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, but here in

Genesis 22 remember the story this is when God tells Abraham to offer his son, his only son, the promised son, Isaac on the

altar and Abraham shows that he's willing to do it he takes his son he's got his knife raised above

him because this is what God has told him to do and in that moment God

provides a ram, a sacrifice so that Isaac is able to live and shows, God shows that he provides.

But when I read these verses,

verse 15 through 18, and God, through the angel of the Lord,

says to Abraham, because you've done this

and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you.

I'll bless you in all these ways because you have obeyed my voice,

verse 18 says, and I just think in my own life I want that to be said of me, that I did not

withhold anything from God.

That I didn't hold on to anything in my life,

even my life itself.

That my life and everything I have was before God as an offering to be used by

him for him his purposes his glory he wants. I don't want to withhold anything from God.

I want to encourage you not to withhold anything from God. The whole point here in Genesis 22 is that God is faithful to provide for

those who trust in Him. And I just want to encourage you as I've been encouraged my own heart.

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