# 200 Entertaining the Promises of God

The Book of Genesis

Day 200

Ge 22:2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

Where’s the protest Abraham? Where’s the outcry against such a seemingly cruel command of the Lord? Lord, this is my only son! I have waited 100 years to have this child! Surely you can’t be serious! Whatever happened to “Thou shalt not kill?”

What’s going on here? Well for one thing God wants us to make the connection between  the sacrifice of His own long awaited Son, (4000 years of waiting) and the promise of His resurrection!

If Abraham had any protestations they were swallowed  up in his tremendous faith!  Abraham clings to the promise of God that his seed will be blessed through this same Isaac, and if Isaac is slain the only possibility would be for Isaac to be resurrected from the dead.  Abraham had faith in God’s power to raise the dead! We must also have this faith.  Ro 10:9 says, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

In Heb 11:17-19, we read, “ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,  18 of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called,"  19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.”

Abraham was only willing and able to sacrifice his son because he had “received the promises”  The word “received” here means to “entertain as guests.”  Whoa! We have talked about Abraham’s gift of hospitality  before as it concerns people, but now it seems he has the same attitude about the promises of God! He receives them as welcome guests!

How do you view God’s promises> Are they intrusions in your life, or welcome guests? Have you spent any time getting to know them?  Have you received them? Have you embraced them? Look what happens when you do! They instill and strengthen faith in you, and with faith as small as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Mt 17:21)

Receive the promises of God! Put out the welcome mat and begin to build your own God-given faith on the promises found in His Word! For without faith, it is impossible to please God!