Faith

Abraham’s life with his God had been a travel of faith all the way from when he left Haran to the land promised to him, the land of Canaan. Through the Promised Land, back and forth and to Egypt and back. Abraham knew that his God was reliable, his faith was anchored in the past experiences, his God YaHaWaH always looked after him, saved him and blessed him. This building up of Abraham’s faith was not the work of Abraham; it was the work of God and now the time had come to prove it.

Calm and collected

God told Abraham to go to Moriah and sacrifice his son there. When reading the words of Moses it seems to me that Abraham was calm and collected, did what he had to do in a proper way, and took with him the servants, the fire and his son Isaac.

Abraham did not waver

When they came close to the place for sacrifice; “Abraham said to his servants, “Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the young man and I will go over there and worship , and we will come back to you.”  Abraham didn’t waver in his faith, he said: “and we will come back to you.” Abraham was 100% confident that his descendants would come through Isaac. Even if he had to kill Isaac Abraham believed that his God was able to resurrect him.  

Questions to consider

1. How did the faith of Abraham come by
2. How did Abraham in these verses put words to his faith