"Sometimes God seems to be killing us when he's actually saving us. Here he was turning Abraham into a great man- but on the outside it looked like god was being cruel. (when God asks Ab to sacrifice Issac) To follow God in such circumstances seems to be "blind faith" but actually it is vigorous, grateful faith. The Bible is filled with stories of figures such as Joseph, Moses, and David in which God seemed to have abandoned them, but later it is revealed he was dealing with the destructive idols in their lives and that could only have come to pass through their experience of difficulty."
-Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller (pg20)
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