Genesis 22:16-18 (NKJV)

“…’By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.’”

Wow! Obedience yields blessings in abundant measures. It is amazing what God will do for those who will trust and obey. Look at those blessings: blessings for the present, blessings for the future; blessings for Abraham, blessings for Abraham’s descendants; blessings temporal, blessings spiritual. Even blessings that extend to “all the nations of the earth.” Isn’t this incredible? God did not just declare blessings; He swore it! Why this extreme response from the Almighty? He says to Abraham: “Because you have not withheld your son, your only son…because you have obeyed My voice.”

Obedience may seem painful in the short term, but the floods of blessings that follow afterward are beyond comparison. Don’t withhold from God. Don’t hold back. Give what is precious to you and watch Him respond. God responds to sacrifice, and God responds extremely to extreme sacrifice.

God’s blessings are waiting for me. Will I “obey it” into my life?

“Yes Father, I will obey Your blessings into my life. I know You are lavish with Your blessings to them who believe and follow. So, Lord, I choose the path of Abraham, to obey You, even if it seems extreme. But I ask that Jesus enables me to stick with the vow. In His name, I pray. Amen.”