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Trinity 4. Genesis 22.1-14
Abraham was willing to give his most precious and best thing to God.
As Christians, we are good at praying when we need help. Or when we want to hand the ‘bad stuff’ over to God. For example, ‘God, please take away this guilt I have’, or ‘help me to overcome this bad habit’. However, we may not be so quick to hand over the ‘good stuff’. How often do we pray ‘God, all of my money is yours, not just the first 10 per cent’. Or ‘God, this status and power I have, take it away if you need to, because you mean more to me’.
Abraham was willing to give God his most precious and best thing, his son. God stops him and does indeed provide the sacrifice, the ram now, but later, God’s own son.
God, in his generosity, handed over the ‘good stuff’ for our benefit. We need to remember to be generous, and trust him, and hand over all of our ‘good stuff’ too.
André Adefope is a curate based in Bolton. He has written two books, including ‘Same Cross New Questions: How Jesus brings connection in a world of loneliness and separation
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