Over the past month or so I’ve been thinking a lot about what my post-race plans are going to be. I’m constantly thinking things like “What am I going to do this summer when I get home? What about the fall? Where should I be going to school? God show me where I should be so I don’t have to worry anymore.” The other day I asked Him to tell me exactly what I need to do when I get back so I could quit stressing, and He asked me the question, “Do you trust me?”
As I thought more about this question, I realized that I say I trust the Lord, but my thoughts and actions sometimes show otherwise. Yesterday I was reading in Genesis when the Lord asked Abraham to sacrifice His son Isaac on an altar. Typically when I’ve read that story I thought that Abraham fully trusted the Lord’s plans when he put Isaac on the altar. But as I was reading the other day, I noticed something I never had before. Genesis 22:4 says “On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.” Third day. Abraham traveled with His son Isaac, whom he loved for three days, knowing that he was going to place him on the altar to sacrifice him.
What do you think Abraham talked to Isaac about? What do you think his thoughts were? Do you think he considered turning around and just going back home? I know I would have been trying to figure out a way to get out of killing my own son, or a way to get it over with sooner. But Abraham trusted the Lord so much, he traveled three days to the exact spot the Lord told him to go. When they got there, the Lord provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice instead of Isaac. “The Lord provided.” Hey guess what? He always does. Even though I haven’t got the exact answers I’m looking for concerning after the Race, I’ve never had a reason not to trust the Lord. And neither do you. The Lord takes care of His children and always will. I need to trust Him with my future. What do you need to entrust to Him?
