Then one said, “I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him.” vs. 10
Genesis 18:8-10a
Once Abraham and Sarah take over the pages of Genesis her barrenness quickly becomes an issue. How could all the promises made to Abraham be fulfilled if the two of them have no son? The text implies that the problem is Sarah’s. Abraham seems to have had no difficulty with fathering a child, with Ishmael being a very public example. The promises continued to be made, but Sarah’s barrenness persisted. Under the oaks at Mamre one of the three visitors, having experienced Abraham’s extravagant hospitality, repeats the promise, this time within earshot of Sarah, who’d been eavesdropping in the tent. The text goes on to say that Sarah was amused. In fact, she had laughed out loud! Some months later, when she did in fact bear a son, her laughter was forever commemorated in his name, Isaac, which in Hebrew means “laughing boy.” Sometimes that’s how it is for the people of God. It’s almost as though the Lord plays jokes on us, and we find ourselves doing things we never dreamed possible. It has been said that when we make plans, God laughs. And that may be true–life in Christ is filled with wonderful surprises! Who can even guess what the nine months will bring?
Thought for the Day: What jokes has God played on me?
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