Greatness With God 4

Hello Everyone,

In Genesis 22:10-12 we see Abraham’s next step to greatness with God and that was Offering our Isaac

10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
 12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

Now we move from the steps to greatness to the place of greatness. Very few people ever arrive at this place because they have never taken the first three steps that God has demanded.

Abraham has been faithful, Abraham has trusted God, but now God asks him to do the one thing that will make him great, to believe God when he didn’t understand the why?

· Trusting God when we don’t understand the why is the place of greatness.

He believed God and it was accredited to him as righteousness.

The flesh always demands an answer, the carnal mind always says I will believe it if I can see it.

Abraham’s greatness was not found in knowing God’s plan, but in knowing and loving God.

· I am the father of two children by birth two children through marriage and four grandchildren. They mean everything to us. We are proud of them, we love them with all of our hearts, and we want the best for them.

I believe God has a great plan for their lives, and we believe for them a great DESTINY. If God came to me and said, I want to take them, you will have to go on without them.

I think that is more than most of us can ever imagine, but that is exactly what it took for Abraham to reach spiritual greatness.

It is hard for most of us to admit that not only have we not arrived yet at that place, but that we have still got a long way to go.

If you want to be great at something give it all you have, and you probably will be great.

If you want to be great for God, step out with God, separate from Lot, cast out Ishmael and offer up Isaac. If you do these things you will arrive at greatness right along with father Abraham.

When you come to the end of yourself that is the place of spiritual greatness, and the starting point of your life in God.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil