I just hate it when I have the urge to laugh and know it is not
appropriate behavior or timing. I used to get the giggles whenever I was in the
library with my girlfriends. Everyone knows you can't do any talking or
laughing in that building without calling down the wrath of the librarian.
I can't help but
feel a bit sorry for Sarah when she laughed - to herself, no less - and God
heard it. She had waited for so long to have the promise fulfilled, and her
faith was beginning to waiver. After all, she knew her body and recognized she
was long past the time for carrying a child.
Sarah was thinking
too small; she was thinking that giving birth was up to her. "Abraham
and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the
age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought,
"After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this
pleasure?" (Genesis 18:11-12)
Sarah is so much
like me, always limiting the power of God. I need to remember when I pray to
pray for things that could only be provided by God. I need to regularly pray
for miracles. How else will I be able to point to Him as the one who brought
about the realization of my request? God can do anything! I must learn to pray
bigger, pray for miracles, God can, and just might do it.
It is always exciting when God shows up in a big way; when our prayers are answered and the answer exceeds all our dreams. Remember, pray big and believe big for we serve a great big God.
Note: The writing for today was taken from July 26, 2010 and updated just a bit.
Read Genesis 18:6-16 here
Listen to Genesis 18:6-16 here
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