"YOU DID LAUGH" - Conc;lusion

 When one of the angels repeated to Abraham God's promise about Sarah giving birth to a son, she was out of his sight, within her tent, listening. The though of giving birth at her age struck her as being so bizarre that she could not hold back-she laughed to herself, saying: "After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I really have this pleasure?" The angel corrected Sarah with the pointed question, "Is anything too extraordinary for Jehovah?" Sarah's reaction was fearful, defensive, and only too human. She blurted out: "I did not laugh!" The angel replied: "Yes! you did laugh." -  GENESIS 18:9-15.

Was Sarah's laughter evidence that she lacked faith? Not at all. The Bible says: "By faith also Sarah received power to conceive offspring, even when she was past the age.  Since she considered Him faithful who made the promise." (Hebrews 11:11) Sarah knew Jehovah; she knew that he could fulfill any promise that he made. Who of us does not need more faith of that kind? We do well to get to know the God of the Bible better. As we do, we will see that Sarah was right to have the faith that she did. Jehovah truly is faithful and carries out his every promise-at times, he might even do so in ways that surprise us into amazed or incredulous laughter!

Next time: "LISTEN TO HER" 

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