A Devotional Verse From Genesis

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.     

Genesis 21:6

Her first laugh, when she heard about God’s plan to give her a baby in old age, may have been a “Right, that’ll be the day” laugh. Now, “well stricken in age” about 90, with her baby in her arms, the fulfillment of God’s promise, Sarah laughed for joy. As absurd as the idea of a really, really, really, old lady having a baby is, nothing is “absurd” with God, or as the angel in Luke chapter 1:37 put it, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

Pray that terrorists will be converted to peace.

Pray that people who want to work will find jobs.

Pray that the cure for cancer will be found.

Pray that there will be a restoration of traditional moral values in America.

Pray that government leaders will put aside their personal political prejudice and do righteousness.

Pray that predators, persecutors, and other perpetrators of evil will have a change of heart and cease from troubling others.

Pray that illegal drug users will get clean by the millions.

Right, like that will happen! Talk about absurd ideas. Still nothing is absurd, incongruous, or impossible with God, and if some or all of these things happened wouldn’t the world breathe a sigh of relief and join in Sarah’s happy laughter? Pray to the living God of Abraham, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, every good and perfect gift comes from Him, and nothing is impossible with God.