Sacrifice: Climb Onto the Alter

  
"Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood."                                         Genesis 22:8-9

Sacrifice. That's a though word to pronounce at times, because sacrifice doesn't always relate to blood and shouts, but to what we are willing to give up. Are we willing to surrender all our passion to the Lord? Our first answer will be yes so let's begin: what are the things we love the most? Our car, our phone, computer, all that. By now you probably are doubting it but we need to keep in mind that sacrificing our time is also valuable. We spend so much time on these things that we completely forget to spend extravagant time with the Lord. We need to learn to trust the Lord because throughout our sacrifice He'll provide.

We should honor the Lord with our time, goods and life. Because they all belong to Him, but He was so merciful to give them to us, why not show a bit of gratitude? Lets now show love with not just words but with actions as well, actions that will cause pain. (1 John 3:18) Because the more pain your sacrifice causes the more pleased the Lord will be...

&if you spend approx 2 hours on facebook, then you should have your daily devotional for at least 4 hours. Lets make God our priority, not just remember about Him when we are facing troubles.