"Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abra-
ham . . . "
Are you a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ? If so, then you are a child of Abraham, Biblically-speaking. This also means that, even as Abraham's faith was tested, yours (and mine) will be, too. The "trying" of faith is to show forth the sincerity, the reality, and the value of it.
Are God's tests sometimes difficult? Yes. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his beloved son of the promise. Abraham is willing to do this, not because he wanted to, but because he trusted God and believed that He (the Lord) knew what was best. May this be our attitude as well.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Grace shall never be idle where the love of God is strong." --Obadiah Sedgwick, in "Christ's Counsel to His Languishing Church"]
