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.
Genesis 2:22
What are you willing to sacrifice for God? Does He really take first place? How great is your faith? I'd like to say I have faith like Abraham. He left his home, everything he knew simply because God told him to. God promised he'd be the father of many nations, but he had to wait years for that promise to be fulfilled. Then when he finally has the son he's waited so long for, that God promised him, God tells him to offer Isaac for a burnt offering to Him, and Abraham would have actually done it had God not stopped him. I'm not at all sure I could do something like that, but God commands us to love Him above all else. When you think of it this way, saying "Yes, I love God" takes on new meaning. It's being willing to go anywhere, do anything for Him, trusting that He will always do what's best for you.
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