Presented to River Street Cafe, 04 November 2016
Read Genesis 18:1-15.
Every month we go to the Arthur Meighen
Centre to lead a service for the senior citizens. Can you imagine if when we
are at the retirement home next a ninety year-old lady gives birth? This is the
miracle of Isaac’s birth. Nothing is too difficult for God.
An angel of the Lord tells Abraham that
his 90 year-old wife will give birth.Sarah hears this and she laughs. The Angel
calls her on it, saying, ‘why did you laugh when I said you were going to have
a baby’? Sarah replies, ‘I didn't laugh’; The Angel says, ‘yes you did’; so God
and the Angel call her child ‘Isaac’ which means ‘Laughter’ to remind her and
us not to doubt the power and the providence of God. Nothing is too difficult
for God.
Every time Abraham and Sarah would be
tempted to doubt that in the future they simply had to laugh or recall their
son Isaac’s name, and they would be reminded of his miraculous birth and that
nothing is too difficult for God.
This is important. Nothing is too
difficult for God. Sarah and Abraham had some really difficult challenges in
their lives but nothing is too difficult for God. Twice Sarah said that she was
Abraham`s sister instead of his wife so people wouldn’t kill her husband and
take her away. And even though Abraham and Sarah messed things up by trying to
solve the problem on their own, God took care of them. Nothing is too difficult
for God.
Having a child was seen as being blessed
by God; someone who did not have a child was thought to be cursed. This
troubled Sarah and Abraham greatly. And even though Sarah messed things up a
bit, God took care of them. He gave her a child and named him ‘Laughter’ to
remind them that even though they laughed at the prospect of having this child,
here he is because nothing is too difficult for God.
Before that Sarah even went so far as to
force her slave girl to have relations with her husband so that she could have
her child. And even though Abraham and Sarah messed things up by trying to do
things without Him, God took care of them. He gave them this child and another
child, named ‘Laughter’, who was begotten of them both to remind them that
nothing is too difficult for God.
Every time after that someone laughed or
every time after that they heard their son’s name, I’m sure they could laugh
assuredly in the providence of God. Many times in their life Sarah and Abraham
messed up but God took care of them; nothing is too difficult for God.
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