Promise 58 Gen. 22:1

Gen. 22:1 - "Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, 'Abraham!' and he said, "Here I am,' God calls us out at times to do a "passion check." Because He is a jealous God, He's jealous to spend time with us, He doesn't want to share our devotion, He will test to see where our passions lie. It is so easy to live a life that is passionate about doing things for God that we forget about being passionate about Him. We have a tendency to put so many other things before Him such as our jobs, education, family, leisure activities and things. For most people in the western world and beyond the TV gets to much more attention than God does. Sometimes God needs to go to drastic measures in order to get our attention back on Him and to re-direct our devotion and passion toward Him. Maybe we need to offer up and sacrifice those things that are difficult to give up, so as to have the time to focus on Him.