December 24 – How Isaac knew Him.

“And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.” Genesis 22v7&8

The next thing Isaac knew, he was the lamb, all bound up and about to bear the brunt of his father Abraham’s knife. But then the God whom His Father served, who had ordained this mission, caused his father Abraham to still his hand against him. And that was one of the first recorded encounters that Isaac had with the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Isaac knew Him as a God who was merciful but at the same time demanded total loyalty and obedience which when given the blessings just overflowed. Isaac knew Him as a God who may take you to the end of your human strength, a point when all your heart can do is beat loudly saying Lord have mercy, Daddy I am trusting in You, when will You show up.

And then he knew Him as his Rehoboth – meaning for now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. And then He knew Him as one who brought good things to His doorstep even as He worshipped Him like He brought Rebekah to him as he went out to meditate in the field in the eventide.

How do you know Him?

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Verses for thought:
“That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death;” Philippians 3v10

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4v6