9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
They confirmed with Abraham that Sarah was going to have a son, and Sarah heard it. She thought it was funny, because it was preposterous to think that someone as old as herself and Abraham could have a child together.
When they confronted her about her laughing, she thought she may have offended them, so she denied it. It was not good to offend the strangers, because it would have been inhospitable. You don't bring people into your home to ridicule them. That would be rude!
But, that is not what they were concerned about. They were concerned that she doubted their words. A woman who follows God should believe and know that nothing is impossible with God!
Sarah was going to have a son with-in the next year, and it was hard to believe. Anyone would have had trouble believing such a statement!
So, when God tells you that you are not a failure, even though you are 62-years-old and have been a failure all of your life, and that you will succeed, then you should be like Colonel Sanders, who was 62-years-old when he established Kentucky Fried Chicken for the first time. He was broke and in debt when he did that.
Colonel Sanders died at the age of 90 with a net worth of $3.5 Million. His establishment is still making money for his family today, among millions of other people that it supports around the world.
That is faith in action!
It's not about failure. It's about moving forward, in spite of it. If you keep moving forward with the faith and fortitude to do good with even what little bit God gives you, grasping any opportunity that is consistent with God's will along your way, you will be successful!
Abraham and Sarah may not have believed, but they still did the thing that was necessary to have the child. Maybe it was in pleasure, not intent, but it did the job, none-the-less.
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