“SO SARAH LAUGHED!”

Genesis 18:9-15                                      (ESV)
“9 They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent."
10 The LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
12 “SO SARAH LAUGHED” to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"
13 The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'
14 IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."”

Knowing exactly who is speaking to you is critical before FAITH in what they are saying can be displayed.  In Genesis 18:2 Scripture records “three men” were standing in front of Abraham.  Later, in verse 5 & 9, Scripture states “...and they said..”!  Yet, in verse 10 & 13 it is recorded “The LORD said...”!  How did THREE MEN become ONE MAN all of the sudden?  Now I’m no Bible Scholar, and I’m trying to add to Scripture, but it is worth more study for me to find out if the THREE MEN could represent the FATHER, SON, and the in Genesis 18HOLY SPIRIT?

The point that doesn’t need to be overlooked is that Abraham, who believed GOD (Genesis 15:6), and was a friend of GOD (again Genesis 15:6), was more IN TUNE with recognizing THE ALMIGHTY than Sarah, who couldn’t SEE TRUTH in front of her!  When “The LORD said "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son”, the only response Sarah could muster was “SO SARAH LAUGHED”!  Abraham had already been told in Genesis 15:4-6 that his offspring was going to be like numbering the stars, so hearing it again FROM GOD was confirmation of what he had previously heard.

When you are hearing from GOD, you can’t explain the confidence and assurance of where that message is coming from.  In Genesis 15:2b-3 Abraham told Sarah “... When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth and said, "O LORD, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.”  Abraham was extremely excited to be entertaining those who were sent by the LORD to deliver a message to he and Sarah.  When the response from Sarah was “SO SARAH LAUGHED” TO HERSELF, it may not have been that she was mocking GOD nearly as much as she didn’t recognize WHO was speaking to them.  She wasn’t as comfortable in hearing from THE CREATOR as Abraham, and the MESSAGE was far beyond anything that she or Abraham could accomplish.

“IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?”  Sarah knows for SURE NOW the answer to this question!  Although I am a Spiritual Novice, because of my testimony I know that the POWER of GOD is beyond our finite imaginations!  If “SO SARAH LAUGHED” to herself was because she didn’t recognize WHO was talking to her, don’t you think she was drawn closer to HIM because of her experience?  When GOD speaks to us, “the enemy” will NO DOUBT cause us to question, not necessarily our Belief in GOD, but our Spiritual Hearing, whether we heard from GOD or man?  When our CREATOR speaks to us, may we recognize WHO is talking to us and avoid a “SO SARAH LAUGHED” moment!!!