Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD ? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh."
But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."
I was reading this yesterday...It is so interesting to me. Sarah was barren for 90 years...and then when she was 90 years old- (and in her words- she was old and worn out and so was her husband)...she laughed at the thought of God blessing them with a baby after all those years. She was so stunned that she laughed at what God told her. But God called her out and asked why she laughed, why she had so much doubt that the Creator of the Universe couldn't bless them with a child just because they were old!?
"Is anything too hard for the Lord??"
Think about that... How many times are we like Sarah and we scoff at the possibility of God doing something miraculous in our lives?
Scoff at the idea of God healing us physically...emotionally...
scoff at the idea of God restoring broken family relationships..split up parents..
scoff at the idea of God using us to change our community, our world...
I know I have laughed about the thought of God doing certain things in my life...maybe not laughed on the outside but on the inside I know I have doubted and struggled...and I am sure I will again...but today-TODAY-- I want to to believe what God is saying he wants to do in my life...no matter what it is. I want to accept it and pursue it...he is a dream dropper...and he is faithful to those that are faithful- so God help me step out and grab life by the handles in the way you are leading me to go.
Help me not to laugh at the thought of the miraculous happening...
Oh and yes...God returned to Sarah and Abraham a while later and saw their son who was indeed born...he was named Isaac.
This is an awesome reminder, lady -- thank you!! When things seem to be falling apart or hopes are crushed yet again (perhaps another disinterested fellow or disappointing turn of events...), I can know that my God is bigger and wants what is good and right for me, for all of us. He is bigger than anything we are facing, able to perform miracles in our everyday lives...I do not want to scoff at my God...he is in love with me, and I with him. Thanks, Chrissy!
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