"So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, 'After I am worn out and
my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?'" - Genesis 18:12
God had promised Abraham and Sarah a
son who would be the seed of a whole nation. Sarah was now beyond childbearing
years. So when some angels from God paid Abraham and Sarah a visit to inform
them that Sarah was going to have a child, she happened to be listening outside
the tent and erupted with laughter. The thought seemed preposterous to her. The
angels reminded her that nothing is impossible with God. "Is anything too
hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and
Sarah will have a son" (Gen. 18:14). Sarah gave birth to Isaac as
foretold.
Os Hillman shared, "Recently, I was considering putting
on another workplace-leader summit for ministry leaders who minister to those
in the workplace. I had been involved in such an event a year earlier. My
friend Gunnar Olson, who is the founder of the International Christian Chamber
of Commerce of Sweden, had been involved with me in putting on the first event,
so I inquired whether he would be willing to participate in the second event.
He wrote me an e-mail letter informing me that an international gathering of
Christian workplace leaders would be taking place on the island of Cyprus in
March and asked if I could postpone my event and instead participate in an
event in Cyprus and invite other leaders. My initial response was laughter due
to my current financial condition. In fact, I had to go to a map to see just
where this place was.
The following day I received a call
from a man I had met only 30 days earlier. We had not discussed this event in
March. "What are you doing tomorrow? I would like you to go to the airport
with me to pick up a missionary whom I want you to meet. We'd like to propose
an idea to you. Can you come?"
"Sure," I said.
The next day he picked me up and
informed me that we were picking up a missionary who was flying in from Cyprus.
"We are planning to take 25 workplace believers to Cyprus for an event
that Gunnar Olson is involved in and would like you to come and teach your
Esau-to-Joseph workshop the day before. We will cover your expenses. Would you
be interested in doing this?" Again, I had to laugh as I saw the hand of
God orchestrate in such a miraculous way and in such a timely manner to assure
me of His involvement in the new directions in my life.
Jesus looked at them and said,
"With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible
with God" (Mark 10:27).
Are there things that make you laugh
when you think of the miracle that would be required for it to take place? Ask
God for the miracle you need today.
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