Wilderness Experiences - By Matt Ward -http://raptureready.com/soap2/ward67.html
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways obey him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3: 5-6)
The first reference to "love" in the Scriptures is "aha vah" and it occurs as a description of the love that Abraham had for his only son, Isaac. Abraham truly and deeply loved Isaac. Isaac was the fulfillment of all Abraham's hopes and dreams and a tangible demonstration of the faithfulness of God in his life. All of Abraham's life and future hopes were bound up in his son; the two things were irrevocably linked together.
Yet despite this love, Abraham was still wholly determined to offer his son's life in obedience to God. Abraham was going to kill him. After receiving the frankly terrifying direction from God that he was to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, Abraham moved with singular intent.
There is not one word of protest from Abraham recorded in Scripture. To anybody who is a parent, it is almost unimaginable. There is not a single plea, not a single argument, not a word. Unlike Abraham's earlier intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah, in the case of his son, he remained utterly silent.
Jewish tradition even suggests that the biggest test, once the sacrifice of Isaac had begun, was not whether Abraham would offer his son to God, as commanded, but whether he would actually listen to and obey the voice of the angel instructing him to stop the execution, such was his unwavering determination to carry out the LORD's will.
It is even possible to sense the urgency in the voice of the angel at the place of sacrifice.
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