Daily Chizuk #1144

The Greatest Of All Time
The sefer Emunat Itecha explains that the greatness of Avraham Avinu doing Akedat Yitzchak did not lie in the fact that he was willing to sacrifice his son for Hashem. He had already proved that he would even give up his own life for Hashem when he was thrown into the fires of Ur Kasdim. There, he wasn’t even commanded to do it and that was at a time before he ever communicated with Hashem. The greatness in Akedat Yitzchak was like the Zohar says, that Hashem seemed so distant from Avraham at that time when he made the request. It didn’t make any sense that Hashem would tell him to kill the child that He already told him would be his legacy in starting the Jewish Nation. Avraham’s ability to put the question aside and follow Hashem with pure emunah is where his greatness lied.
The tests before Mashiach are difficult. Those who are able to continue serving Hashem despite the questions will be among the greatest of all time in the Next World.