I’ve been looking at the story of Abraham and thinking about the reality that God says what he means. In Isaiah 46:9-10 it says,
“Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”
In Genesis 18 the Lord and two angels arrive near Abraham’s tent. Abraham invites them over for some food and while everything is being prepared they have a conversation. Genesis 18:9-15:
“Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked.
“She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied.
Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”
Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent. Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children. So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh.”
But the Lord said, “No, you did laugh.”
Is anything to hard for the Lord? What a question. Those words really help put faith and belief in the correct perspective. Sarah thought what was said sounded a little absurd, but the Lord thought it absurd that she would doubt what he said.
God says what he means and means what he says. It makes more sense to believe what God says then to make a different conclusion based off the circumstances. Meaning what God says is bigger, beyond and not limited to the circumstances.