No
– Sarah, Your Wife,
Will
Give Birth
To
A Son For You.
Scripture
Genesis
17
15 Then
God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no
longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.
16 And
I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her
richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of
nations will be among her descendants.”
17 Then
Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in
disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he
thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years
old?” 18 So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael
live under your special blessing!”
19 But
God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for
you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant
with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
20 As
for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will
make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will
become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great
nation.
21 But
my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and
Sarah about this time next year.” 22 When
God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
Observation
“No
– Sarah your wife, ...”
The
miracle that God wanted to do in Abraham's life was going to be
through his wife Sarah and was not going to be through any other
woman!
Even
though Abraham had sex with Hagar, his wife's servant. and they had a
child named Ishmael,
God recognized only Sarah as Abraham's wife.
What
a miracle God did through them. Abraham was 99 years old and Sarah
was 90 years old when God told them that they were going to have a
baby.
It
caused them to both laugh in unbelief because they thought that they
were way beyond child bearing years!
Here
is what I thought as I read this: God wants to work miracles through
Kathy and I! He wants to do great things through us! We may be
getting older than dirt but we are not over the hill!
And
I believe that He also wants to do great things through you and your
spouse too!
God
waited until Abraham was 99 and Sarah was 90 before they saw this
miracle happen. So maybe God's greatest miracle in our lives is just
around the corner. Our job is to remain faithful in our marriage so
God can continue to use us.
So
guys lets take good care of our wives. God is going to hold us
accountable for how well we pamper them.
Application
I
will guard my relationship with my wife.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for giving such a great wife. She is Your greatest
gift to me other than my salvation. Bless her, Lord. Continue to use
her in the lives of my children and grand children and in the lives
of so many others. Help me to be a good husband to her. Help me to
always be her best friend.
I
pray for any man that may read this blog today. Help him to be a
godly husband. Help him to love his wife. Work miracles through them,
Lord, as they both put You first in their lives.
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 15,16,17; Luke 6
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