God tested Abraham. Here we have one of the most beautiful parts of the Bible. No man was tested as much as Abraham, but then no one was as honored either.

God led him to the extremes of faith!

He had already been tested when he left his country of birth, his family and his father’s house to go to a land that he did not yet know about.

But now the request of the Eternal One would test him to the core, so that, in turn, His Covenant with him and his descendants would be confirmed. When God tests, it is because He wants to accomplish something much greater than anything we desire. When He asks for the best we have, it is because He intends to give us His best