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Ring of Truth provides 366 daily ‘proofs’ that the Bible is consistent throughout from Genesis to Revelation, and relevant for our lives today!
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Genesis 21:2
“Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.”
Proof again. God does keep His promises, is a good God and does what is best for us – and gives us good gifts.
Isaac was a gift from God. A miracle baby – significant evidence that God is a miracle-working God.
There can be absolutely no doubt that Sarah longed for a child. Here, at long last, God gave her the greatest desire of her heart – but He did it in such a way that not only would she appreciate Him all the more but reveal His power and love in a dramatic and personal way at the same time. God wants to do the same for all of us.
God wants to do the same for you. He longs for each one of us to have a vital, living, dynamic relationship with Him.
He wants to give us the desires of our hearts if they are set on pleasing Him. Our trouble is that so often our desires are self-motivated and selfish. God is thus limited in fulfilling them, since to do so would not be to our good but to our detriment – and would not enhance our relationship with Him but would make Him even more of a stranger through our increased independence.
Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter”. Isn’t that the very hallmark of God? God longs to bring us laughter – He is a good God and His gifts bring us joy beyond description.
Take a minute or two to think, “What has the Lord given me to cause me to laugh?” (Not just a good or vivid sense of humour.) Those little miracles we see so often that we take them for granted - in the children He has entrusted to us, whether as a family, or as friends, relations, or Sunday School/Bible Class/Camp/children; the laughter that can be created by pets (even when they are ‘pests’); the laughter from conversations with friends or family, sports people, comedians and even politicians.
But what about the sheer joy of the Lord that causes us to laugh when we really begin to appreciate what it means to be forgiven and set free – when we begin to see those miracles performed which make the mountains split apart – the rivers dry up – and the burdens roll away.
Whatever your circumstances today – hold on to Jesus. Hold on to your faith in Him. Remember Sarah – she was barren and past childbearing age – but she laughed today. And so will you, my friend, so will you. Because God still binds up the broken-hearted and turns our mourning into dancing (see Isaiah 61:1–3). It’s a ‘Ring of Truth’!
It is part of the character of God which never changes – but we must learn to wait and trust Him - for He alone knows the timing for our maximum joy and laughter.
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