How often, as believers, do we find ourselves doubting God because of what we "know". As I continue in my walk with the Lord I realize more and more that there isn't anything that He can't make happen. Even knowing this I often times find myself in a place where I question what He can do because I know the facts. What God wants to do just isn't possible in this situation. We are reminded once again today that God is up for the challenge and He will do what He says He will do, even if it isn't on our time frame.
Abram and Sarai get their names changed as God reminds them of the promise He made to them. In previous chapters we see God Promise Abram that He will give him a son. Some time had passed and Sarai, wanting to be a mom, gave up and took matters into her own hands.
1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
After this God came back, changed their names to Abraham and Sarah, and reminded them of the promise He made to them. Sarah is caught laughing to herself when the topic comes about and God is less then impressed but still keeps His promise. I understand where Sarah is coming from though. The deck is stacked against her. She is 90 years old and well passed child rearing years. The facts say it's not possible. God says other wise though.
We regularly face situations where we discount and don't believe what the Lord is capable of doing. What if we changed our thought process? What if we stopped sizing up all of things that we think aren't possible and started putting our faith in the one true God?Today I challenge you to seek the Lord and find out what He wants to do in your life that may not make sense. Look for the thing that, by humanly standards, just doesn't seem possible.
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