God Will Provide a Lamb

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19

Main Scripture: Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Genesis 22:8 (NIV)

(During this month I will do one Easter Devotional per week until Easter.  Hope you will be blessed by this series.)

Today’s scripture tells us of Abraham obeying God’s command to sacrifice his long awaited son Isaac. I can just imagine both son and father crying, Isaac squirming and fighting as he was sure that this was the end of him, He was sure that he was going to die.

However, just as he was about to slay the boy, the Angel of the Lord called out to him and stopped him from killing Isaac and the Lord provided a Lamb for Abraham to sacrifice instead of Isaac.

In this same way, another Lamb was sacrificed on Mount Calvary for the sins of the world. John 3:16 states that “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (NIV)

The Bible also tells us that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:22). Therefore like Isaac all of us was or is still on the verge of death because of sin, however, God provided a Lamb in our stead. The purpose of Christ dying on the cross was so that we might have eternal life.

As such my encouragement to you this morning ladies is that if you haven’t already accepted this gift of eternal life, do not delay, do so today. Ask God to come into your heart, give him the opportunity to lead and guide you in all you do.

Let’s Pray,

Lord, thank you for giving your son Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for our sins. Today we ask you to come into our lives, renew us and lead us according to your will so that we might have eternal life.

In Jesus Name

Amen