Religion & Spirituality
Life Application God wants us to take faith seriously. See Matt 9:28; Mark 9:24; 9:35; 11:26; Heb 11:6; 1 Pet 1:8. God wants us to take Him at His Word. See Gen 15:1; Isaiah 12:2; Matt 8:5-10; John 6:53; 2 Tim 2:13. Sometimes the promises of God are laughable when we haven’t settled faith and what we don’t have. See Genesis 18:12-15. Sometimes the promises of God, when fulfilled, lose their intended meaning and may become idols. All of God’s promises and plans are still active in the lives of His very broken and very doubtful children (Abraham, Sarah, me, and you). God never stopped giving grace to Abraham and Sarah. See Matt 28:17; Mark 9:24; 2 Cor 1:20; 2 Tim 2:13. God wants us to laugh for the right reasons (יִצְחָק yiṣḥāq means to laugh, he laughs). See Gen 21:6; 1 Tim 6:17. Can you imagine the difference between Sarah’s first and second laugh? Who or what is your Isaac? What difference would being fearless, protected, and rewarded make? Gen 15:1. What would you say to a Christian who will not see their “Isaac” in their lifetime? God wants us to come to know and believe the love which He has for us. His love casts out our fears. See 1 John 4:16-18.