Genesis 22:1-3 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
While reading this morning I was reminded of the reality of the important, the necessary, and the urgent. While all of these carry significant weight, the prioritizing of these is not something I am always good at. My life can become mundane, at times confusing, and then at other times conflicting. The reasoning behind most of this is the “now” somehow evades me and I elude it until it becomes urgent! I confess I am sometime a procrastinator around the house, around the church, and at times when it comes to the things God has engaged me in with HIM.
In the passage above God is engaging Abraham and He says, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac”! There is no room for error here, no possibility of misunderstanding, the now reveals the important- the necessary, and also the urgent! Scripture says Abraham obeyed!
My prayer today is, Lord I thank you that the temporal is less urgent and the eternal is far more important than ever before. God grant me the guts and grace to see every opportunity and seize it for your glory.
Derwin Griffin