An altar of praise, thanksgiving, and obedience
My daily Bible reading has me in Genesis 12-15. I'm struck with Abram's erecting of altars and calling on God's name. An altar was a place of worship through sacrifice and a monument of remembrance. Twice the text references a location as the place Abram built an altar (13:4, 18). We, as New Testament believers, are commanded to offer to the Lord sacrifices of praise (Heb. 13:15). We are told to give thanks in every situation (1 Thess. 5:18). We are told to submit our eyes, ears, mouths, fingers, and feet to the Holy Spirit in obedience to Him (Rom. 6:1-14; 12:1-2). Are we not also commanded to sacrifice and remember? The hymn goes, " Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither to thy help I'm come. . . " (Come Thou Fount). An Ebenezer is a stone of remembrance. It is a monument to the working of God in one's life that can be returned to over and over and over again as a reminder. The history of the nation of Israel was something that was repeated over an