Abraham-Genesis 22

I just finished doing a character study of Abraham for school and boy did I learn a lot about faith. Abraham had great faith in God. he trusted him when it didn't make sense; he really let God have control of his life and God blessed him tremendously for it. My favorite story about Abraham is found in Genesis 22. In this chapter Abraham had finally received the son that God had promised him. It was his first and only son and I imagine Abraham love him very much. In this passage God tells Abraham to take his son to the region of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering. Now, my thoughts when first reading through this story were along the lines of, "Why would God promise Abraham this son and then order him to essentially kill him? That makes no sense God!" But after reading further through this story I realized why God was asking Abraham to do this. God was testing Abraham's love for him. He was asking Abraham to put the very thing that he loved and adored on the altar and give it up for him. You see, God doesn't want to be put second in our lives. He demands, and is so worthy of, being number one in our lives. God asked Abraham to place his son on the altar to show him that God is worth so much more to him than anything else, even his son, and Abraham had such a great love and faith in God that he willingly was ready to do this for God. What has taken over the number one place God should have in your life? Are you ready to place it on the altar for him?