Genesis 17:15-19 (NKJV)
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
Abraham laughed at the impossibility of the promise God gave him of a son from his wife Sarah. This is the same man who trusted God when God told him to move to a place He would show him. By faith Abraham (Abram) gathered together all of his possessions and family and headed out for an unknown place confident that God would direct his steps. This latest promise seemed far too impossible so not only does Abraham laugh but he suggests another, more possible plan, "How about Ishmael?"
How about you? Has God revealed something He desires to do in your life or through you that seems utterly impossible? Have you laughed at the revelation and suggested other ways to accomplish the task? God is telling you the same thing He told Abraham, "No, your ways are not my ways, with Me all things are possible (Matthew 19:26)."
Father, God of the impossible, I look forward with great anticipation to this new year! It is full of new opportunities to see You at work in my life, new opportunities to join You in Your work! Father I desire to make a new covenant with You but I will need Your help to keep it! I desire to not rely on the ways of man any longer. I want to trust You, no matter how impossible the task may seem. I want to apply the truth of Matthew 19:26 to my life, what is impossible with man is possible with God! Help me to allow You to be glorified by trusting You to do the impossible! Thank You Jesus! In Your magnificent name, amen.
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
Abraham laughed at the impossibility of the promise God gave him of a son from his wife Sarah. This is the same man who trusted God when God told him to move to a place He would show him. By faith Abraham (Abram) gathered together all of his possessions and family and headed out for an unknown place confident that God would direct his steps. This latest promise seemed far too impossible so not only does Abraham laugh but he suggests another, more possible plan, "How about Ishmael?"
How about you? Has God revealed something He desires to do in your life or through you that seems utterly impossible? Have you laughed at the revelation and suggested other ways to accomplish the task? God is telling you the same thing He told Abraham, "No, your ways are not my ways, with Me all things are possible (Matthew 19:26)."
Father, God of the impossible, I look forward with great anticipation to this new year! It is full of new opportunities to see You at work in my life, new opportunities to join You in Your work! Father I desire to make a new covenant with You but I will need Your help to keep it! I desire to not rely on the ways of man any longer. I want to trust You, no matter how impossible the task may seem. I want to apply the truth of Matthew 19:26 to my life, what is impossible with man is possible with God! Help me to allow You to be glorified by trusting You to do the impossible! Thank You Jesus! In Your magnificent name, amen.
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