Showing Christ Through Our Lives (19th Anniversary)

Abraham is told to take the son he loves up a mountain and offer him there as a sacrifice. The son does not die; in his place lies an offering that has been provided instead. In later years a temple rises on that mountain, and on that same ground Jesus bears the cross.

Isaac was named before he was born, came into the world by a miracle, and alone inherited all that his father had. He carried up the mountain the wood that was his to bear, and he never left his father’s side. Jesus, too, was born in this way, was given all authority in heaven and on earth, and took up his own cross and climbed that mountain. As Isaac dug wells that kept people and livestock alive, so Jesus freely gave the water of life to all who thirst.

The life of God’s people leaves footprints that others are watching. If they stagger along, those who come behind take it that they may go the same way. To a church that has walked together for nineteen years came the word to go straight ahead, loving God and relying on him, with or without a pastor.