What's Your Isaac?

Great Sabbath today. Two worship services (traditional and contemporary) with an afternoon of rest and recharging for the week. Our main floor furnace is out, so it has been rather chilly here. We have a couple of space heaters that help, but there is still a chill in the air (8 degrees this morning) that is slightly uncomfortable. Given the tragedies throughout the world, our little inconvenience will not generate complaints from me. It will, however, make me reconsider future travel plans. Give me heat any day.
Today's sermon(s) got me to thinking. When God calls me by name, will I respond with "Huh?", or will I be ready to respond with "Yes, here I am"? Too many times, I think I respond too casually to an opportunity He gives me. I know He has plans and opportunities for me, but my selfishness comes between my plans and His. I need to listen more to what He wants from me.
I know when He calls, He will be calling me at my "Isaac". He will want me to be willing to give up as a sacrifice the thing or things that I hold dearest. He will want me to be ready to offer it up without reservation, knowing that if He asks me to give it up, it must be for His better plan. That doesn't always mean He will take away what we cherish. He just wants us to realize that He should be first. We need to be faithful in offering everything to Him (it's all his anyway), trusting that He will give us what we need.

I pray I can respond to God's call with willingness, eagerness, and excitement. I also hope I recognize His call and what He wants me to do. I pray I will be willing to give up everything to Him, knowing He will provide everything for me.

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