You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” (Deuteronomy:18:21)
The Lord knows all the things concerning us. Here we see that GOD even addresses beforehand the questions that could arise in our mind. This reminds us of the incident involving the Lord's visitation to Abraham's tent in Genesis:18:10-15 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
At this point in time, Sarah didn't have a tiny little bit of faith about having a child on her own. But we read in Hebrews:11:11 "And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." From where did Sarah get that faith in such a short while? Just like Nathanael believed that Jesus is the Messiah after hearing Him revealing something secretive about him. “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.” Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” (John:1:48-50) In the same way, though Sarah vehemently denied doubting the Word of GOD, it stirred her faith because the Lord revealed what was in her mind. Revealing what was inside her heart, propelled Sarah's faith to astronomical heights leading her to have a child at an age that's naturally impossible for a woman to have one. Let's pray and long for such an encounter with GOD and for His revelations which will take us to greater realms of faith.
Blessings!
The Lord knows all the things concerning us. Here we see that GOD even addresses beforehand the questions that could arise in our mind. This reminds us of the incident involving the Lord's visitation to Abraham's tent in Genesis:18:10-15 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
At this point in time, Sarah didn't have a tiny little bit of faith about having a child on her own. But we read in Hebrews:11:11 "And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." From where did Sarah get that faith in such a short while? Just like Nathanael believed that Jesus is the Messiah after hearing Him revealing something secretive about him. “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.” Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” (John:1:48-50) In the same way, though Sarah vehemently denied doubting the Word of GOD, it stirred her faith because the Lord revealed what was in her mind. Revealing what was inside her heart, propelled Sarah's faith to astronomical heights leading her to have a child at an age that's naturally impossible for a woman to have one. Let's pray and long for such an encounter with GOD and for His revelations which will take us to greater realms of faith.
Blessings!
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