Genesis 22:5

Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship

Helps and hindrances of a Christian life

I. In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP IS PROFITABLE.

II. In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP IS LIMITED.

III. In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP MUST RECEIVE A TIMELY DISMISSAL.

IV. In the path of faith, THE GRANDEST TRIUMPHS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED ALONE. (H. T. Miller.)

Lessons

1. Saints bent to the work of God will turn anything back that may trouble them in it.

2. Inferior things may and must be inhibited by souls above them in case of hindering from God.

3. Saints freed from incumbrances do speed to duties.

4. Humble submission to the hardest part of worship will God’s servants readily yield. Both Abraham and Isaac.

5. Return to relations, and relation duties is just after the worship of God.

6. Better events come after believing worship sometimes than saints are aware of. (G. Hughes, B. D.)