{"id":12157,"date":"2020-06-09T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=12157"},"modified":"2020-05-31T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:55:37","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-6-9-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-6-9-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 6-9-20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Genesis 22:2 (NKJV) 2 Then He said, \u201cTake now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The promises of God and answered prayers can be oh so awesome. There is no doubt.<\/p>\n

But it’s important for us to remember that they are not for us to hold onto with a tight fist.<\/p>\n

When God gives us something that He said He would, we need to know that it is still His, and at any point He may switch it up and ask us to surrender it or let someone else hold it or keep it permanently.<\/p>\n

Sometimes this is a test to see if we are willing to let it go.<\/p>\n

Now, we are not necessarily talking about God asking us to do the same thing that He asked Abraham. That was for\u00a0Abraham, and him alone.<\/p>\n

We will have our own things that will be dear\u00a0to us.\u00a0It could\u00a0be our finances,\u00a0our addiction, our\u00a0home,\u00a0car, business or career title, etc. Everyone has their thing that means a great deal to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Do not hold on to God\u2019s blessing so tightly that if the time\u00a0comes,\u00a0we won\u2019t let go, not even for Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I remember one person in particular who was going through a financial struggle. They were praying and praying that God would save them from having to sell their home.<\/p>\n

One day I felt impressed to ask them a specific question; \u201care you willing to let go of\u00a0it if\u00a0God wants you to?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I could tell right away by their reaction that they may have been saying yes with their mouth, but their heart told a different story.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s our willingness and obedience that takes us on a walk of greatness with God. But if we can\u2019t get there because things mean more to us than He does, it will be very hard for Him to use us to the full extent that He wants to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We have got to understand that there may come a time when God asks for something that may mean everything to us. But, will it mean more to us than God?<\/p>\n

Abraham went all the way, showing God that, as hard as it may have been to give up His promised son, Isaac, He would trust God.<\/p>\n

God saw that he did not hold back even his most precious possession, and thus, he was able to keep Isaac. God knew from Abraham\u2019s willingness that he would be trustworthy with all that God had for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our question for everyone today is; is our heart in that place where if God asked for something meaningful, would we be willing to give Him whatever it might be?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Genesis 22:17 (NKJV) 17\u00a0blessing 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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May we all get to a place in our hearts where\u00a0our heavenly Father can\u00a0say\u00a0to us, \u201cyou were\u00a0willing\u00a0and obedient, therefore keep what I have asked for and I will bless you with even\u00a0more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Genesis 22:2 (NKJV) 2 Then He said, \u201cTake now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.\u201d The promises of God and answered prayers can be oh so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[1925,3424,4472,2815],"class_list":["post-12157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obeying-god","tag-bible-verses-about-obeying-god","tag-bible-verses-about-obeying-gods-voice","tag-bible-verses-about-the-importance-of-obeying-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-obeying-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12159,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12157\/revisions\/12159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}