Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah.
To any logical thinking mind such a command as the one God gave to Abraham could never make sense, for it specified that Isaac was his only son, and since through Isaac the promise of a great nation was to be fulfilled then how could it make sense to take his life, let alone asking Isaac to obey willingly?
Let it be known this day that if we are to obey God only when His commands make sense to us, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven, because man’s relation to God is based on faith not on logic. In fact, if we were to closely examine those heroes of faith in the Bible, we would discover that obeying God in their particular situation almost never made sense up front.
It was only after obeying implicitly the commands of God that they turned out to be real heroes of faith. In one instance, Peter is told to go to the sea and to catch the first fish that comes up. Then he is told to open its mouth and there he would find a chunk of change. If Peter was to wait until that command made sense to him he would have never obeyed.
Matthew 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!