06/25/2026
Sunday we close out our sermons series: FORMING A FAMILY - PREPARING A PEOPLE
“God Will Provide"
Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14
If you think this series has some stories to wrestle with, you are not alone. God tells Abraham to take his long -awaited son, Isaac and go to the land Moriah to sacrifice him on one of the mountains.
What?
This just can’t be. None of us can even entertain this request without fear and trembling. But the story is right there in the scriptures to struggle with. As a parent, we cannot fathom such a request, especially from God.
Abraham cuts the wood, takes some servants and his young son, putting the wood and knife on his son’s back and sets out. The boy questions, we have everything but the sacrifice. Dad, where is the sacrifice?
Hear the words of Abraham, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering. Abraham speaks a statement of faith that God will provide. Yet, when they get there Isaac is placed on the altar, knife held high over the child.
Horrifying.
So many questions.
So much anguish.
How much do we trust God to provide when it means we sacrifice the most precious gifts of God?
What do we need to believe God for his provision?
What an incredible test.
Then we remember, God did not withhold his own Son, to save us…. He provided the lamb of God for us all. As God provides the ram, God provides the Lamb.
Word of God speak.
May they pour down like rain causing my eyes to see, you majesty. Word of God speak.
When there are no words, Word of God Speak.