What does it look like to put God first when obedience costs you something?

In Genesis 22, Abraham faces an unimaginable test. God asks him to surrender Isaac, the son through whom God had promised to fulfill His covenant. Abraham does not understand how the promise and the command fit together, yet he chooses to trust God and obey Him.

In “God First,” Dr. Rocky Ramsey shows how Abraham demonstrated that God truly had first place in his life:

• He did what God asked him to do.

• He trusted God when he did not understand.

• He obeyed God even when obedience was costly.

Genesis 22 also gives us a powerful picture of the gospel. Abraham points us toward the Father who would give His Son. Isaac points us toward Jesus willingly trusting the Father. The ram points us toward Christ, our substitute, who suffered for ou ...