#48 "Is anything too hard for the Lord" Genesis 18

Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant." They said, "Do as you have said." So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal and make cakes." And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" So he said, "here, in the tent." And  He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'shall I surely bear child, since I am old?' Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh!" Genesis 18: 1-15 NKJV

Sarah echoes the same doubt of her husband in the preceding chapter. Abraham offers God an alternative heir, once again, but this time in Ishmael. This again defies neither logic nor reason, and indicates just how naturally impossible it would be for Sarah to have children. God reveals to Abraham that He is not ignorant of the thoughts of his heart, and in doing so is making Abraham aware that God also understands the situation. 

Sarah is called out in the same manner, and lies to God, because she was afraid. She is also now aware that God is not walking into this blindly, and if He knows the thoughts of His creation then He also knows that her flow has been stopped for quite some time. Sarah lives in the natural world, and I hear men say that it was easy for them to believe in God back then, because our parents were simple and not as advanced as we are today. Scripture tells a different story, the patriarchs faith did not go unchallenged by their doubt. 

Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!" Mark 9:23&24

There is no difference between our parents and us. It is easy for men to believe in all ages, whether that belief be to a god, a religion, humanism, the intellect or anything other than that which is by faith in the One true God. Sarah's womb is dead, just like we are all born spiritually dead. God will have to breathe life into her womb, and He, who created all life asks, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" 

Men still run after signs and so called prophets and healers. They want to see a miracle, but not by the Word of God. We live in the age of the greatest miracle ever known to man, the miracle of salvation. God help us with our unbelief.