God asked Abraham to do what most of us would find impossible to do. Most would walk away from a spiritual being that be so cruel but God was testing Abraham's faith. Abraham's faith was rewarded by a great blessing. How are we to know how God might bless this guy for being obedient.
We don't.
But I, and others, were just asking if this person was sure that it was GOD who was telling him to do that. Supposing it wasn't? This person HATES reading God's word and, even when they reluctantly begin, find that the feelings get worse. It's not impossible that the devil - who has come to steal and destroy - is trying to turn this person away from the word, and therefore God, by producing feelings of hatred whenever he gets down to reading the Bible.
And you're missing the point about 3 chapters an hour EVERY hour. Such a reading scheme would give this man almost no time for himself. How is he supposed to eat, work, care for his family if all his time is taken up doing something that he can't stand doing? How is reading Scripture, through gritted teeth and with, almost, hatred in his heart going to benefit him and bring him closer to God?
And why would a God of love force someone to do something that he knows they hate?
I'm not talking about a test of faith, being out of your comfort zone, finding something tough and needing to trust in God's strength and love. I'm talking about someone who hates what they are doing and is only doing it because they have made a bargain, or agreement, with God.
At the very least, it seems a strange relationship when God has created, saved, blessed and loves this man - and his response is "I
can't stand to read your word. When I try, I lose it and hate what I am doing."
It's not our place to tell him to disobey what he says God told him to do.
No, it isn't.
And if he were to come back onto this forum and say "I've read, and thought about, all your replies, but this is 100% from God and I'll just live with the fact that I have to do something which I hate", then I'd be the first to back off and say, "well in that case, you have no choice. In fact, you shouldn't even be complaining that you don't want to do it - just get on with it."
But he hasn't said any such thing - even though others have suggested psychiatric help or that he needs to discern the spirits.
I am pretty sure that if this person had a child and said to them, "you need to read my family history/favourite book for 3 hours EVERY hour" and the child hated doing it; they wouldn't force the issue.
God is love; "love does not dishonour others and is not self seeking" 1 Corinthians 13:5. He is also a perfect heavenly Father who does not give his children stones when they need/ask for bread.
