An Upward Look
A Daily Devotional Observation from God's Word
January 10
SCRIPTURE VERSE FOR TODAYAnd Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. (Genesis 22:8)
Abraham went to Mount Moriah thinking he would have to offer his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice to the Lord. God was testing him to see if he were willing to give that which was dearest to him. At the last moment God stopped him. Instead, he sacrificed a ram caught in the bushes. He had passed the test! Many years later, God looked down upon that same mountain and watched as His only begotten son was nailed to an old rugged cross, and for six agonizing hours He watched Him die. There was no substitute ram that day. His son, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, had to die. Praise God, He did provide a lamb! ~
DAILY BIBLE READING: Psalm 10; Genesis 22-23