Abraham

Hello,
I've had an interesting day. Chuck came home briefly because they are taking his truck to replace the engine and he's going to get another one; hopefully a brand new one. If it's used, he gets someones mess and smells.
I had a detox this morning and was so glad to get it. The fluid in my arm/pit area was building up and that's very uncomfortable. I'm going to have them weekly for awhile. I was feeling worse the last couple of days, but the detox should help.
Today we'll look at scripture in James 2 again, verses 20-24. James is talking about Abraham and how his faith was credited to him as righteousness. He is also called God's friend.
Have you ever put yourself in Abraham's position and thought about having to sacrifice your child to God? Yes, I know, God didn't kill Isaac, but Abraham didn't know that. He knew that God would provide a sacrifice and that Isaac was the promised seed. My guess is that Abraham thought God would raise Isaac from the dead after being sacrificed.
The main point here is this: Abraham believed God. He had faith and trusted God. Grant you, God doesn't expect us to sacrifice our children like Abraham did, but he still asks us to makes sacrifices for our children and for Him. He wants us to spend time teaching, training, nurturing and loving our kids; that's sacrifice.
He wants us to teach our children about trusting Christ as Savior and that's probably the most important thing we can ever do for our children: lead them to Christ.
James' point here is two fold. One, Abraham had faith and acted on that faith. Because of that, he was justified. So, what are you doing with what the Lord shows you? Are you trusting Him for your children? Are you being justified by faith and works?
I like verse 22: "You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did." We can have the very same thing. Look at your walk with God and put your faith into action.

Justified,
Sandy