+DEV+ Message of Provision

Date: April 18, 2012 10:19 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Message of Provision

Message of Provision

"In a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place 'The Lord will provide.'"  (Genesis 22:13-14)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 22

After years of following God, Abraham had learned that he could trust Him implicitly. But now came the most difficult lesson of all. "Take Isaac," God told Abraham, "your only son, the son of my promise, and sacrifice him to Me." This was too hard to comprehend, yet Abraham was willing to obey God - even in this. He did not know what God's plan was, but he knew, without question, that God had a plan. When Isaac asked him, "Father, where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb." And He did, just in time! God had known the sacrifice of Isaac would never be made because He would provide a way out - a ram in the bush.

God's provision of the way out for all of us came in His good timing, too. After God's people waited hundreds of years for the promised Messiah, the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world was born to a virgin, cradled in the arms of a carpenter, and nestled in the manger of a cattle stall. Let all of Christmas remind you that, "The Lord will provide."

Insight: The day would come when God the Father would provide a sacrifice to take our place. this time it would be His own precious son, Jesus.