I'm am blown away by the story of Abraham's faith getting tested in Genesis 22. I breath a sigh of relief every time I get to the part in the story where Abraham's arm is raised with the knife and the angel of the Lord calls out to him and stops him: "Do not lay a hand on the boy."
Whew.
In hindsight (as well as having the whole of Scripture to look at this event through) it's easy to see that the Lord was taking care of Abraham and we needn't worry that Isaac would be slaughtered, but did Abraham know that at the time? I don't think so. He was obedient to the Lord even when all the details weren't known. That surely is an example of walking in faith.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at October 14, 2004 08:53 AM