Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
Hebrews 11:19 (NIV)
Abraham Does the Reasoning
Abraham had a promise and a command that didn’t fit together. God had told him his family line would come through Isaac. Then God told him to offer Isaac.
Hebrews says Abraham worked it out. If both things God said were true, God would have to be able to give Isaac back from death. Abraham went up the mountain holding on to that.
Faith can reason. When what God has said and what you can see don’t fit together, you can reason the way Abraham did, from who God is. He is able.
Abraham’s story ended with Isaac alive, and not every story ends that way here. The reason to trust stays the same: God can raise the dead.
A Prayer to Remember
God, I can’t make what I see fit with what you’ve said. I’m going to trust what you’re able to do, and leave the rest with you.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
