Genesis 17:15-16: “And God said unto Abraham, as for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16. I will bless you and give a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations, kings of people shall be of her.”
Hebrews 11:11-12: Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12. Therefore sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.” There is an old truism that where there is a great man, there is a great woman beside Him. This is certainly true in the case of Abraham and Sarah. If Abraham is called the “father of our faith,” we can call Sarah the “mother of our faith.” It’s for sure that Abraham could not have delivered the promised son, Isaac. Let’s just say that where there is a birth, there is a woman. (duh) The name, Sarah, means “princess.” This woman of faith bears the name nobly. Sarah depended on the strength of the Lord. The text says that she “received strength to conceive seed.” Sarah was ninety years old when she became pregnant with Isaac. Pregnancy is a real burden for young women, even for women today with all of the medical advances of today. Sarah was a strong woman, who depended on the strength of the Lord. She gladly embraced this pregnancy because it removed the onus of being childless, but also because this child was a child of promise. Through that child, Isaac, Abraham’s seed would continue as God willed. (It is interesting that Isaac means “laughter,” because both Abraham and Sarah laughed when they were told she would be pregnant. Can we blame them? (lol)) The strength of the Lord is available today through faith in Him. Whatever it is that God wants you to encounter, He will give you the strength to do His will. Sarah depended on the faithfulness of God. The text tells us that Sarah “judged Him faithful who had promised.” As seemingly impossible as this pregnancy seemed in the eyes of people, Sarah knew that it would happen because of the Lord’s promise. God is always faithful to His promises. Like Sarah, we should take steps of faith because we know that God is faithful to enable us to complete them. Depending on the Lord’s faithfulness, Sarah knew that she could deliver Isaac. Sarah knew that God would be faithful to continue the blessings of the family line of Abraham. It was through Isaac that we read about such men as Moses and David. It is through that line that Jesus was born into the world. If you will think about it, even our very soul’s salvation depended on Sarah depending on the faithfulness of God. Sarah is an example of what God can do when people depend on His strength and trust in His faithfulness. She is an example to you as you face the decisions that you must make in your life. There is nothing that we cannot do if what we do is in the Lord’s strength, and if we depend on His faithfulness. Bro. Joe
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