October 17
Did you know the first mention of laughter in the
bible is when God told Abraham he would have a son in his old age? It was man’s reaction to a miracle from God –
the laughter of joy and amazement at God’s provision at something humanly
impossible.
Genesis 17 says Abraham fell
facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be
born to a man a hundred years old? Will
Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
Laughter is our innermost being responding to
something we’ve heard or seen or experienced by an audible sound of chuckling
or delight.
God let us know from the get-go that he is not
limited by man’s resources…at all. In
fact, I think God quite delights himself in showing up when all of our
resources are depleted, to grant us a miracle of something new.
God had promised Abraham a son, and as the years went by, that
promise was entirely impossible for Abraham to bring to pass. That’s because it wasn’t Abraham’s job to
fulfill God’s promise. That belonged to
God.
Awaiting a promise today?
Are all of your resources dried up and you have no way of making it
happen?
Listen for God’s voice and provision to come when you least expect
it, and then respond with laughter.
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