“And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.” (Genesis 22:5) Abraham did not doubt God’s faithfulness. He was absolutely certain that God would keep His promise to make of Isaac’s seed a great nation. With complete confidence in God, he said, “I AND the lad will go.” He was ready to obey. “I AND the lad will worship.” They would humbly bow in reverence and homage to God. “I AND the lad will come again.” Abraham knew that God would somehow either spare Isaac’s life or raise him back from death. “17) By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18) Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19) Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” (Hebrews 11:17-19)
“Faith must be proved. Only in trial does she put forth her strength or dare the impossible. Satan tempts to bring forth the bad, God to call forth into exercise our highest and best. God went every step of the way with His servant, who was called into closer fellowship with himself than any other of the human race. Moriah was a miniature of Calvary, where God spared not His only Son. Abraham’s obedience was immediate. He arose early in the morning. It was exact. It was performed in the spirit of worship…. He said to his young men, ‘We will come unto you.’ If it were necessary, he knew that God would raise him from the dead. Isaac asked, ‘Where is the lamb?’ John the Baptist answered in John 1:29.”
-F.B.Meyer