11 and 12.—“Lay not thine hand on the lad.”
No one spoke to God when it pleased Him to bruise His Well-beloved.
13.—“A ram caught in a thicket.”
God cleaves His wood, He is ready, always prepared.
14.—“Call the name of that place,
The Lord will Provide.”
What would he have called it before his deliverance? Let us not be too quick to name events. It may be we shall want to alter if we do.
15–18.—“Obeyed.”
Obedience is the joyful mother of children,—children that are born to bless. He who can always obey will find every step leads to a throne.—Rev. iii. 21.
These are a few lessons which I shall not do more than name: