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February 10
Tuesday



WHAT'S FOR
DINNER?

READ:
Genesis 22:1-12
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It came to pass...
that God tested
Abraham, and said to
him, "Abraham!" And
he said, "Here I am."
__Genesis 22:1
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I can hardly imagine inviting special friends over for dinner and then throwing a few leftovers into the microwave to serve up to them. But if I were to do that, it would speak volumes about how I really feel about them.

Giving God the leftovers of our lives speaks volumes about His true worth to us. When God asked Abraham to give Isaac back to Him as an act of worship, Genesis 22:1 calls it a test. A test to see if there was anything in his life that he treasured more than God.

It's no different for us. There are times when God requires something really important to get His work done. He'll ask us to give up our natural instincts to seek revenge so that we can communicate His forgiving love by forgiving our enemies. He may call us to sacrifice portions of our time or money or comforts to advance His cause. Or He may require us to allow our sons and daughters to go to a far-off land to tell others about His saving love. The way we respond to what He requires says volumes about how we really feel about Him.

Anyone can offer the leftovers. Only those who love God more than anything else will serve up the very best for Him.
__Joe Stowell
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```````````````````"Take up thy cross and follow Me,"`````````````
`````````````````````I hear the blessed Savior call;```````````````
````````````````````How can I make a lesser sacrifice`````````````
````````````````````When Jesus gave His all? __Ackley````````````
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No sacrifice we make is too great
for the One who sacrificed His all.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Genesis 22:1-12**********

1 God tested Abraham, and
said to him..... 2 "Take now
yours son, your only son
Isaac, whom you love, and
go to the land of Moriah,
and offer him there as a
burnt offering...."

3 So Abraham rose early...
and went to the place of
which God had told him....

5 And Abraham said to his
young men, "Stay here with
the donkey; the lad and I will
go yonder and worship, and
we will come back to you."

6 So Abraham took the
wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son;
and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife, and the
two of them went together.

7 But Isaac spoke to
Abraham his father and said,
"My father!" And he said,
"Here I am, my son." Then
he said, "Look, the fire and
the wood, but where is the
lamb for a burnt offering?"

8 And Abraham said, "MY
son, God will provide for
Himself the lamb for a burnt
offering." So the two of
them went together.

9 Then they came to the
place of which God had told
him. And abraham built an
altar there and... he bound
Isaac his son and laid him
on the altar, upon the wood.

10 and Abraham stretched
out his hand and took the
knife to slay his son.. 11 But
the Angel of the LORD called
to him from heaven and
said, "Abraham, Abraham!"

So he said, "Here I am."

12 And He said, "Do not lay
your hand on the lad, or do
anything to him; for now I
know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son,
from Me."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Mount Moraih (Gen. 22:2) was not only the place where Abraham
went to sacrifice Isaac, but it was also the site on which Solomon
built Israel's first great temple (2 Chron. 3:1), where sacrifices were
offered in accordance with the laws of Moses. __Bill Crowder