Have you ever heard something that just seemed to be too good to be true? Did you believe what you heard? Were you skeptical? Did you downright disbelieve it? Is there something you have heard many times over that still seems to be too good to be true?
We have heard some outlandish stories in our time. Some of them have been true and others not. Through experience, we come to expect things to follow a pattern. We inherently develop a belief system regarding what is possible and what is not.
Sarah could not believe that she was going to have a child. After all, she was about ninety years old. She was beyond childbearing age. Her husband, Abraham, was bout one-hundred years old. Through their decades of marriage, there had been no children. Neither expected to have children at this time in their lives.
God comes to tell them they were going to have, not just a child, but a male child within the year. A male child was important as the first-born son inherited the land and property of his father. Sarah laughed at the prediction. She thought it was preposterous. But God reinforces what he told Abraham…and it came to pass just as he said.
We may believe the idea of spending eternity with God in paradise without sin, pain, and sickness is too good to be true. Or we may hold onto a ray of hope it is true without fully believing it. We live our lives as though whatever we do in this life will last forever. It is not to say what we do in this life is unimportant, but it is not the end game. We live this life to choose to follow Jesus, to commit to God, and to accept his promises as true. When we fully believe his promises, we no longer need worry about this life.
I pray we all believe God’s promises. I pray we learn the lesson from Sarah and Abraham. I pray each one of us will choose God, commit to him, and give him all our worry in this life. Believe God’s promises. Trust God to fulfill them. Choose to follow Jesus. Commit yourself to God. Give God your worries.
Genesis 18:13-14 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Marty Pressey 