⚓ Floatie: Obedience That Looks Like Insanity
Genesis 22:2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”(ESV)
✒️ Forge: When Obedience Breaks the Rules of Logic
There are moments in the life of faith when God’s commands will not make sense—not to the world, not to the Church, and not even to you.
Genesis 22 is one of the most brutal chapters in the Bible. God asks Abraham to sacrifice the very promise He gave him.
Isaac wasn’t just a son. He was the embodiment of everything Abraham had believed for—waited for—suffered for.
To obey meant killing the future.
And Abraham still obeyed.
Hebrews 11:17–19 (17)By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, (18)of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” (19)He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.(ESV)
That’s not blind faith. That’s steel-blooded trust in a God who keeps His word—even when the method looks insane.
⚒️ Anvil: Faith That Looks Like Madness
Sometimes obedience looks like insanity:
- Forgiving someone who isn’t sorry.
- Giving when you don’t have enough.
- Saying yes when fear screams no.
- Walking away when staying is safer.
You want logical steps. God gives you a mountain and says, “I’ll tell you when you get there.”
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;(ESV)
God will offend your mind to expose your heart. He will demand what you treasure—not because He needs it, but because He wants to know: Do you trust the Promise more than the Promiser? Or the Promiser more than the promise?
🔥 Ember: The Thing I Didn’t Want to Lay Down
There are moments in my story where God asked me to give up what I thought was essential.
Sometimes it was a role.
Sometimes it was a person.
Sometimes it was a dream I had nurtured for years.
Each time, it felt like madness. Each time, I wanted to say, “God, this doesn’t make sense. You gave me this—why would You ask for it back?”
But He wasn’t trying to break me. He was proving me.
And more importantly—He was showing me what still owned me.
Isaac was never meant to die. But Abraham’s grip on Isaac was. That was the test.
And if you walk with Him long enough, you’ll face the same question: “Will you trust Me enough to give Me what I gave you?”
🌿 Covenant Triumph: On the Mountain of the Lord It Will Be Provided
Genesis 22:14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”(ESV)
God didn’t just test Abraham. He met him in the place of surrender. He didn’t abandon him on the mountain. He provided a ram.
And He didn’t just spare Isaac—He amplified the promise from one man to generations.
When God asks for what you love most, He’s not taking—it’s because He’s about to transform it.
Obedience might look like insanity to the world. But on the other side of that mountain is a provision, a promise, and a peace you couldn’t reach by staying home.
[⚓ Floatie] [✒️ Forge] [⚒️ Anvil] [🔥 Ember] [🌿 Covenant Triumph]
This post follows the Forge Baseline Rule—layered truth for the discerning remnant.
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