Genesis 22:7 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, \u2018My father!\u2019 And he said, \u2018Here I am, my son.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?’\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a Man of Faith is not easy because such a man does not always make sense in his decisions. In this case, I don\u2019t think the boy had any inclination that he was to be the sacrifice for the burnt offering. He just believed his fathers\u2019 reply that the Lord would provide. Later on, Abraham had to tie the boy down and place him on the altar and lift his knife to slaughter him. Isaac could have resisted and fought against his aged father, but he didn\u2019t. Why? It must have been because he very much believed in the faith of his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a Man of Faith is not easy because he has seen things and heard things you haven\u2019t, and yet, he expects you to comply. Even if he explains what he had seen and heard, it would still be hard to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The summary is this: Don\u2019t follow a man until you\u2019re sure he\u2019s a Tested Man of Faith. He must have a track record of having heard and experienced God; otherwise, you just may be slaughtered on the altar of a faulty assumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord, my hope is in You, and I refuse to follow men carelessly. However, when I must follow a man, O God, may I discern his spirit to ensure that You are leading him. Lord, I will only follow a man that I am sure You are leading. Amen.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Genesis 22:7 (NKJV) \u201cBut Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, \u2018My father!\u2019 And he said, \u2018Here I am, my son.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?’\u201d Following a Man of Faith is not easy because such a man does not always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-genesis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Genesis.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5124,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions\/5124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}