Abraham, old enough to be dead, rises “early the next morning,”¹ when God tells him to kill his only son Issac. He doesn’t delay, defy, or bargain with God. How is this the same Abram whose fear of man almost got his wife raped (twice), who willingly broke his martial covenant by having sex with salves, and whose actions resulted in the abandonment of illegitimate children? Something has happened to this Abram since he first heard the Voice.

Over a hundred years have passed since he started following the Voice. Abraham has learned this Voice is reliable. It told him to leave everything he had ever known and given him hope, protection, land, and descendants. This Voice had kept his promises. Abraham trusts this Voice, and when asked by his son if he has any doubts about the character of this Voice, he responds “the Voice will provide.”

Like Abraham, how long before we learn to trust and obey? How many scars will we sustain before we learn this Voice is reliable, we can trust this Voice?

“I believe, help my unbelief.”
Mark 9:24

for further study:
¹ Genesis 22