Genesis 22
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU

Jesus said, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6 v 38).

This is exactly what happened to Abraham when he offered Isaac on the altar at God’s request. Isaac was his promised son, the son for whom he had been waiting for a hundred years. He was Abraham’s only son – especially now that Ishmael had been sent away. But when God asked Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice, Abraham obeyed, tied up his son, the son he loved, and was about to kill him, obeying God to the letter, when he was stopped.

Abraham gave his one and only son at the request of God. Because of Abraham’s great faith and obedience in giving the son he loved back to God, God’s good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over was promised back to Abraham. “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.” (Genesis 22 v 17).

When we give, God’s blessing and repayment to us will be much more than we could ever imagine.

May our lives be lived with the generosity of our Lord this week.

With love in our Lord,
Robert

Exhortation: Glory To God
I have just uploaded an exhortation I gave in December called Glory To God.
Encouragement to give glory to God no matter what the circumstances from the examples of Job and Jesus and from my own personal experience through trials with long covid. This exhortation wasn’t recorded due to technical reasons on the day, but I hope you enjoy reading it. (15 – 20 minutes to read). You can read it here

Robert Prins
http://www.thinkythings.com