Trapped by Faith (Genesis 24:1-67)

We return to Genesis today after a year-long hiatus and pick up the story of Abraham’s son, Isaac. Isaac is no longer the child who brought Abraham and Sarah such joy. Nor is he the young man who allows Abraham to lay him on the altar of sacrifice. He is, instead, a man - like his father - trapped by the promise of God. Without a mother, wife, or heir, Isaac is in much the same position as his father: how can God’s promise come true when the circumstances that surround him seem so unpromising? Enter God working through his father, a servant, and a woman he’s never met: the surprising agents of God’s grace. Can God work again or will barrenness win the day? This Fall, we’ll see how God fulfills his promises in and to the sons of the promise.