'Double Calls' are about stories in the Bible where God called the names of specific people twice. Last Sunday was about how the Lord called Abraham twice as accounted in the book of Genesis 22.
Genesis 22 tells the story of when God called Abraham to the mountain. To be honest with you, when I first read and studied this chapter, the words of the Lord was very unsettling.
"Take your son, your only son -- yes, Isaac, whom you love so much -- and go the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you." (Genesis 22:2)
Reading this passage brought me to another Bible verse -- Galatians 3:6-7 -- saying that we are also descendants of Abraham. Suddenly, the story of Genesis 22 became more profoundly personal to me. It made me realize that as Abraham's children, we all had to go through our own personal climbs to a mountain.
Why does God take us to the mountain?
I started looking at Hebrews 11:17-19 and it says,
"By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a] 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death."
Why does God take me to the mountain?
Because He wants me to know certain things.
Things that I believe to be true but only through a climb I will know to be true.
I believe His love for me is far deeper than I have ever imagined.
Through a climb, I know that this is true.
I believe His grace is far wider that I can ever comprehend.
Through a climb, I know that this is true.
I believe His power is the only source in overcoming any obstacles.
Through a climb, I know that this is true.
He calls me to the mountain so I will know what I would not know otherwise.
