-June 15, 2022-
Good morning, happy Wednesday,
“Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, ‘After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also.’ And the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I bear a child, since I am old?’
(Genesis 18:11-13).
Hebrews 11:11 says, “By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.” Sarah was a great woman of faith. Case in point, when her promised son was born, she named him Isaac, meaning laughter. She said in Genesis 21:6-7, “…God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.’ She also said, ‘Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.’”
Sarah was ninety and Abraham one hundred when Issac, the son of the promise was born. Yes, the same Sarah who gave her maid Hagar to Abraham to bear a son outside God’s will; the same Sarah who laughed in the tent when God promised to give her a son in her advanced years. She is mentioned in Hebrews 11 as part of the the Hall of Faith. It serves to show how gracious and merciful the Lord is, and faithful to His plans.
None of us are perfect, and neither is our faith. Faith Sometimes looks at the impossibilities and laughs, and believes God. God told Sarah in Genesis 18:14, “Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” There are things that are too hard for us, but there is never anything too hard for the Lord! The greater the impossibility for us, the greater glory goes to the Lord.
Every person in Hebrews 11 had the faith to overcome great challenges, obstacles, and hardships. We can laugh at our circumstances when we know what God can do for us. Hundreds of years later, God gave Zacharias and Elizabeth a son, John the Baptist in their older years also, though they weren’t as old as Abraham and Sarah.
Let us laugh with Sarah, and trust God for miracles and great things. May we always claim God’s promises and rest our faith upon them. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 