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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Three Temptations of Christ, #35
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Genesis 22:16-18)
If God's will for Abraham were only that he be a good man, a God-fearing honest herdsman, God would not have required of Abraham that he surrender his only son, Isaac, and slay him as an offering to the Lord.
If Abraham were to be only a righteous sheik of the desert, raising livestock by day and dancing to the flute by night, he never would have been subjected to the awful demand.
But Abraham was called to be the father of all who believe. Abraham's Seed is destined to be as the stars of the heaven for multitude and the conqueror of every one of its enemies. Because of this incalculable inheritance of fruitfulness and strength, Abraham had to be made obedient to the point of death.
The imprisonment of Joseph, the afflictions of Job, the suffering of Jeremiah, the persecutions of Paul, were not because of sin or to break the yoke of sin. The purpose of this tearing down was that God may build His holy dwelling place, that the resurrection Life of Christ may replace the mind and strength of flesh and blood.
Your present pressures, dear reader, may have little to do with sin. Instead, you may be working in the third area of redemption, in the area of death to self, in the area of the pinnacle, moving toward the realm of fruitfulness and dominion in Christ.
Allow the Father to have His way in your life so you may come to maturity in His Substance, in the image of Christ, in the power and joy of resurrection life.
You are being created the purified expression of single-minded obedience to the Father. You are the flesh being made the Word of God, the shining of the Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ asks you: "Will you believe in Me and be saved?"
The Lord Jesus Christ asks you: "Will you follow the Holy Spirit in ministry and in holy living?"
The Lord Jesus Christ asks you: "Will you be sternly obedient to the Father?"
The Lord Jesus Christ asks you: "Will you become nothing so I may become everything in your life?"
What are your answers to His questions? (from The Three Temptations of Christ; from Three Deaths and Three Resurrections, Volume 2)