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Today’s Devotional…
When Abraham received the promise, he was quite old – 75 years of age. At the time, his wife was 65 years old and had been declared barren after, trying for more than 40 years to conceive to no avail.
Against all the odds, Abraham believed in God. (His family must have thought he was mad). Even after accepting God’s promise, Abraham remained childless until He was almost 100 years old, and his barren wife was almost 90. I mean, how much more hopeless could the situation get?
God was ensuring that the bearer of the promise appeared dead in every sense, so that the life that would come out of Him would clearly be God’s.
Biologically, procreation is impossible for barren women, and worse still at 89 years old! Sarah herself no longer believed in God. But nothing could stop God.
Out of one as good as dead, at God’s perfect timing, sprang descendants as many as the stars of the sky. Ponder…
This was not just a miracle God was trying to realize; it was a prophecy depicting how life would come to the whole through a
One who would be crucified, die, and even be buried.
This is a mystery our Muslim brothers (and many unbelievers, even some Christians) cannot reconcile. They can’t understand how life can come from a dead man. But if you believe Abraham, how can you miss this? Ponder…
Life comes from Jesus Christ who died resurrected (according to many witnesses,) and is alive today.
The Spirit that made Sarah conceive is the same Spirit that raised the dead body of Christ, and the same Spirit that is in you. – It is the Spirit of God.
May the same Holy Spirit grant you understanding, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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