Genesis 35:27-29
"Isaac's Death"
After Jacob made it all the way home and after a number of years, Isaac passed away at 180 years old. All it says of him is that he took his last breath, passed and died. For a patriarch, that's pretty stark, but then let's look at his life.
Isaac didn't really display much of the rock-hard faith of his father, not did he have the amazing experiences of his son and grandson. Isaac was, for much of his story, a background character. This I find a pity. Here we have one of the Jewish patriarchs living and passing nondescriptly. He saw God work in his father's testimony, he spoke to God, he probably even had the chance to hear of the miraculous occurrences surrounding Jacob, yet he fades into relative anonymity. Why?
That leads me to a very good question; how deep, how firm was his relationship with God? That, after all, makes the difference. God can do the greatest with the smallest, but a life lived in a lukewarm state is anything but conducive to a good relationship with God. So, let's learn from Isaac and step up..
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