Isaac
Isaac was the promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. Notwithstanding her age, Sarah not only delivered a healthy boy, she was also able to nurse Isaac.
When it came time for Isaac to choose a wife, Abraham sent his oldest servant to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor searching for a wife for Isaac. At a well just outside the city, Abraham’s servant selected a young maiden named Rebecca who was the granddaughter of Nahor; a brother to Abraham.
Rebecca accompanied the servant to Canaan and married Isaac. Although, polygamy was common in those days, Isaac took only one wife whom he loved deeply. Rebecca bore to Isaac twin sins, Esau, and Jacob.
The days of Isaac on the earth came to an end at the age of one hundred and eighty year. Upon his death, his sons, Esau and Jacob, being reconciled to each other, buried him.
Isaac didn’t accomplish anything spectacular. He is not the Father of the faithful (Galatians 3: 16-29) as his father, Abraham. He is not the “Supplanter” (Genesis 27: 36) his son Jacob was.
Yet, the Bible refers to God as …show more content…
What did he do? He was born, got married, became the father of two sons, Esau and Jacob, he tended his flock, dug wells and died. He was not a giant in the sense of his father and son just an ordinary man. Perhaps, not very interesting; yet, Isaac did what God wants done. He was an obedient son, a faithful husband, father and servant of God. He was a man of godly character from the cradle to the grave. Although, what he did is small by comparison, he did what he could. The greatest mistake in life is to do nothing because one can only do little. Oh, yes, there are a few Abrahams and Jacobs sitting in the pews, but thank God for the Isaacs. They won’t give the most money and it’s not likely they will accomplish outstanding deeds, but they will be there; their presence will be felt and their names will be written on the same page of God’s Book as those whom we look upon as
Isaac was the promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. Notwithstanding her age, Sarah not only delivered a healthy boy, she was also able to nurse Isaac.
When it came time for Isaac to choose a wife, Abraham sent his oldest servant to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor searching for a wife for Isaac. At a well just outside the city, Abraham’s servant selected a young maiden named Rebecca who was the granddaughter of Nahor; a brother to Abraham.
Rebecca accompanied the servant to Canaan and married Isaac. Although, polygamy was common in those days, Isaac took only one wife whom he loved deeply. Rebecca bore to Isaac twin sins, Esau, and Jacob.
The days of Isaac on the earth came to an end at the age of one hundred and eighty year. Upon his death, his sons, Esau and Jacob, being reconciled to each other, buried him.
Isaac didn’t accomplish anything spectacular. He is not the Father of the faithful (Galatians 3: 16-29) as his father, Abraham. He is not the “Supplanter” (Genesis 27: 36) his son Jacob was.
Yet, the Bible refers to God as …show more content…
What did he do? He was born, got married, became the father of two sons, Esau and Jacob, he tended his flock, dug wells and died. He was not a giant in the sense of his father and son just an ordinary man. Perhaps, not very interesting; yet, Isaac did what God wants done. He was an obedient son, a faithful husband, father and servant of God. He was a man of godly character from the cradle to the grave. Although, what he did is small by comparison, he did what he could. The greatest mistake in life is to do nothing because one can only do little. Oh, yes, there are a few Abrahams and Jacobs sitting in the pews, but thank God for the Isaacs. They won’t give the most money and it’s not likely they will accomplish outstanding deeds, but they will be there; their presence will be felt and their names will be written on the same page of God’s Book as those whom we look upon as