REFLEXIONS

“And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”” (Genesis 22:13-14) There is nothing too hard for the Lord. There is no situation so challenging as to deny the Lord’s provision. The day Abraham took his son and went up the mountain according to the commandment he received from God, I can imagine that he was quite distressed, if only for a moment, by the thought that he was to offer Isaac on the altar of sacrifice as a consequence of the command of God. Yet during the course of the journey, Abraham’s faith for a different outcome was revealed when Isaac ventured to point out the obvious, saying, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” (Genesis 22:7). To this, Abraham responded, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt ...

Our exposure to the word of God, no matter how frequent, will fail to profit us in any meaningful way until we start to put the word into practice, allowing it to transform our lives. I believe this thought was on Apostle Paul's mind when he gave the following directive in his letter to the Philippian church:  "What you have LEARNED and RECEIVED and HEARD and SEEN in me—PRACTICE these things, and the God of peace will be with you. " (Philippians 4:9)  Dear believer, you have learned the word through bible study, you have received it through various seminar teachings and heard it preached. You also have seen the word lived out by those who have taught you and other believers. Given these various encounters with the word, what would you say God is telling you to do today?  As God's child, your Heavenly Father demands response from you for the things He has revealed to you through His word. The Lord requires a corresponding action from you. Practice what you have di...