Worship & Sacrifice

In Genesis 22. It tells the wrenching story of God's test of Abraham. "Take your son, your only son, whom you love … and offer him …" Just a few quick thoughts from my most recent reading of that chapter-

In verse 5, Abraham tells the young men accompanying them to wait. " I and the lad will go over there, and we will worship and return to you ."

The first time the word worship appears in Scripture, it is here. Worship and sacrifice . What about sacrifice?

The sacrifice was loved . God didn't ask for lambs or gold or grain. He asked for what Abraham held most dear.

The sacrifice was offered , not taken.

Without the sacrifice, the offering, worship is a burden . It's carrying wood up the mountain, just to burn it. It's empty.