Recklessly Loving God

I have been reading through the book of Genesis lately, and while doing so, writing down kind of a summary of what I read. 

Surprisingly, this has helped me understand things a lot better than when I'm just reading. 

It was cool to read even the first verses of the first chapter and be completely blown away! How many times have I read those verses? It's amazing what you actually "read" when you make yourself focus.

I'm not doing this out of chore...I'm doing it because I have a hunger to know the word of God.

Tonight I read the 22nd chapter. This is the chapter where Abraham obediently takes his only son, Isaac, the son that he didn't get until he was one hundred years old mind you, and goes to offer him as a burnt sacrifice unto God, by request. 

The words in the Bible make it sound like Abraham didn't even flinch at this. He got up the next morning, gathered his donkey, two young men, some wood, and his only son and headed off to where God asked him to go. 

When he finally gets there he turns to the two young men and says, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and my son will go worship and return unto you." Hm...he said they would both return? 

Abraham goes up the mountain...Isaac asks him where the lamb was for the burnt offering, to which Abraham replies, "God will provide himself a lamb."...He sets the wood up, lays Isaac on top and just as he raises his knife, the angel of the Lord tells him to stop that he now knows that Abraham fears God.

Abraham then lifts his eyes and sees a ram that is caught by its horns in a bush....and he uses it for the burnt offering. 

The angel of the Lord calls to Abraham a second time...

Gen. 22:16-17

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 heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies:

Wow. God...give me that same faith and obedience that Abraham had. It makes you ask yourself if you are all in with God or not. Do you really, unconditionally, recklessly love Him? If you had to choose between your family or God...who would you choose? 

I want to be able to say that I would choose God.