“By
faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the
time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said.
That’s how it happened that from one man’s dead and shriveled loins there are
now people numbering into the millions”.
Hebrews
11:11-12 MSG
She carries with her a
reputation akin to that of her husband, Abraham. If Abraham is the undisputed
Father of Faith, Sarah is the Mother of Faith. She and Abraham are joint
recipients of a promised son.
Sarah did laugh at the absurdity of
the promise—a son when she was well over the age of child birth, and not
without compelling reasons to so do (Gen 18:12). She knew all the odds were
squarely against her and she caved in to unbelief, initially. Just as we would
scoff at a rapid realisation of our big dreams or project, or a career thrust.
We are prone to do that because we’re armed with our own inhibitions and
limitations, just like Sarah.
But the story does not end there.
Sarah did overcome unbelief
through faith—a simple trust in God. “…she
believed the One who made a promise would do what he said (Hebrews 11:11).
That was the only way she could have received strength to deliver, defying
natural inhibitions or obstacles.
We are often surrounded by real
and/or imagined difficulties; one that threatens our goals—things we know God
is calling us to achieve. Let the character of Sarah remind you about God’s
ability to conquer not in spite of the difficulty but through it. When God
wants to do a thing, he does that thing whatever difficulties might stand in
the way of its fulfillment.
We must look to the one who has
promised, not to the success rate or chances of success of what was promised.
Only faith can attain the
unattainable, surmount the insurmountable, and achieve the impossible.
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