To This Day
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Straight to the Cross
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Today, a translated meditation from the
Portuguese-language "DEUS Conosco" (God with Us).
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COLUMN: Final Phase
To This Day
by J. Randal Matheny
"So Abraham called the name of that place,
"The Lord will provide"; as it is said to
this day, "On the mount of the Lord it
shall be provided." Gen. 22:14, ESV
"The Lord will provide." Abraham gave this name to
the place God had indicated, in the land of
Moriah, for him to sacrifice his promised son
Isaac. When Abraham reached out his hand for the
knife to slaughter his son, the Lord restrained
him. He saw a ram, caught, by divine providence,
in a thicket by its horns.
It is unlikely that Abraham, before arriving at
the place, said anything to anyone about this
frightful order from God. He took only Isaac with
him on the last leg of the journey, and his
purpose remained a secret.
Afterwards, however, that moment on the mountain
became so famous that the name, "The Lord will
provide," turned into a proverb, up to the day
when Moses wrote the book of Genesis.
When you obey God without questioning, as did
Abraham, "historic" moments will happen in your
life that will furnish material for future
generations.
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