"I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
{Genesis 17:16} (NIV)
It seems to be common knowledge that Sarah laughed when she heard God tell Abram that she would have a son, but do we remember that Abram laughed? We end up with the idea that Abram had more faith than Sarah. For some reason we teach about Sarah’s laughter, but miss the exclamation mark that God placed in Scripture on Abram’s laughter.
His son, who was born to Sarah, was named Isaac which according to Hebrew scholars means “he laughs”. In Abram’s mind and heart, Ishmael would be his heir and inherit the promises of God to bless the world through Abram. However God was telling him that the son of the promise had to come from Sarah.
We know from the account of the death of Sarah, that Abram loved Sarah deeply, but he could not believe that she would bear him a son. It is worth thinking about this truth, that when God made the original promise to Abram, He intended the promise to both Abram and Sarah. Surely the two were one in God’s eyes! Scripture speaks highly of Sarah, and no verse speaks higher than this one!
The LORD sought to bless the world, so He found a man who would believe His Words, who had a wife whom He could bless with a son, and through this woman He blessed the world!
Thank God for Sarah. Thank God for our mothers.
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