God Spoke to Abraham

God Spoke to Abraham

 

 

God spoke to Abraham in a voice from above

saying, ‘Give me your son.  Your only son whom you love’

They left the next morning for the far away altar

Abraham carried a knife

Isaac said, ‘Father, what gift will we offer?

Will we not give God a life?’

 

They came to the place of which God had told them

Abraham busied himself with the wood

Isaac was bound; he stayed still and silent

watching his father prepare to be good

 

An angel appeared; Isaac was spared

Praises went down to the earth from the air

‘You love God and obey Him.  You have mastered the test

In peace will you prosper and be countless in number

Above all will your people be blessed.’

 

This story reminds us if we love God, to fear Him

and when God tests a man it’s best not to be near him

And if you hear voices calling out from above

make a gift to the Lord, of whatever you have

and whoever you love.

Your descendants will prosper, though they may grow to wonder

if the dark of the night and the bang of the thunder

engenders such need to proclaim what is known

that you fail to distinguish

God’s voice from your own.