We are often hindered from giving up our treasures out of fear for their safety. But be aware, everything is safe
which is commited to our God. In fact, nothing is really safe which is not so committed.
Proof? Check out Abraham with his almost-adult son Isaac in Genesis 22. The old man's treasured delights rested on
that boy. But it was at that juncture that God-turned-pedagogue taught the patriarch a basic lesson in life. "Take
now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, amd gp to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt
offering . . . Gen. 22.2
It was time to turn him loose. Abraham had to open his hands and surrender to that ancient altar the one thing that
eclipsed the son from his heart. It hurt cruelly . . . but it was effective.
BE aware, the greater the possesiveness, the greater the pain. But to hold things loosely that He might reign
without a rival. With no threat to His throne - and with just enough splinters in my pride to keep my hands empty
and our heart warm.
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