3.054 Sarah Shall Have a Son
Show Notes
Allen Roberds explores the powerful question, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" (Genesis 18:14), reflecting on Sarah's initial doubt about having a son in her old age. This episode delves into trusting God's promises and miraculous power in our own lives, even when they seem impossible, drawing parallels between biblical miracles and personal experiences.
Key Points
- The episode centers on Genesis 18:14 and Sarah's laughter, highlighting our tendency to doubt God's promises for our own lives, even while believing in biblical miracles.
- Allen Roberds encourages listeners to confront the question, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?", urging them to develop unwavering faith in God's ability to fulfill His word.
- The episode draws a personal connection through Allen's experience of remembering and speaking Mongolian after 27 years, illustrating how God works miracles in unexpected ways and His timing.
- Listeners are invited to reflect on their own 'teeter-totter' of faith and doubt, and to step forward in belief that nothing is too difficult for God to accomplish.
I hope that you and I can develop a faith in our lives where we can resoundingly answer that question and say, 'No, nothing is too hard for the Lord.'
Episode Resources
Full Transcript
In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to Him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as Savory Salt.
Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. "Choose you this day whom you will serve." We are kicking off a new week of study as we dive into Genesis chapter 18 through 23. And I've got a statement here that I think you and I would all agree with: The Lord can do anything.
But the second piece of that statement relies entirely on our belief. Do we really trust that that's true? That's where I've been stewing as I've jumped into our reading here in Genesis chapter 18.
We know that the Lord has now made His covenant with Abraham. Abraham's now changed his name. Sarah, his wife, has now changed her name.
And in their 80s and 90s, they've been promised a son. And they're going to wait on the Lord's time there. And in the promising of that son, we have a couple instances.
The one in chapter 18 is with Sarah, where it says that she laughed inside herself or something like that. "Laughed within herself," I think it is, verse 12. She laughed within herself. She basically was like, "Right." You ever had those moments with the Lord, or even with your friends or family, where you're like, "Yeah, yeah.
Okay. Yeah, that's going to happen. Okay." My friends, I think sometimes that's how we take the promises of the Lord.
Though we may not laugh out loud at Him or His promises, we may internally laugh. Have a moment where we go, "You know, I believe in the miracles of the scriptures, but do I believe in the miracles of my own life?" That's what's going to take us to our verse for today. And then our quick thought after it.
Our verse for today is Genesis chapter 18, verse 14. The Lord says, "'Is anything 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.'" This is the Lord re-emphasizing that Sarah and Abraham are going to be blessed with a son, even though Sarah's time in her womanhood, as it explains earlier in these verses, has passed.
The time of childbearing is no longer available to her. My friends, I had several times in my life—many times in my life—where I wonder whether the promises of the Lord are going to be fulfilled in my own life. And yet, at the same time, I have other instances in my life—many times—where I know that I have witnessed the miracles of the Lord.
So goes the teeter-totter of life. And one that came to mind that I thought I would share today would be, for me, I would call it a miracle: the miracle of speaking Mongolian. I've talked about my mission to Mongolia, and now, let's see, I would have started that mission about 27 years ago now.
I can't believe it's. And I stuck with my friends that were supporting me and they were trying to learn as well. And we're all just kind of struggling together to do this.
And I think back on it now, like I said, 27 years ago, that I first began my mission. And I think now, and I go, "Wow, isn't that crazy?" Like I could still, well, let me give it to you really fast, right? Echin hu musyamar nelegin daltin huchn ditiktik.
Gevt chit tunige ororor netlitiktik. Bid borhan amt gitgik midn. Now, my accent may be off there, and I may have slurred my sentences just a little bit, but you know what I just said?
After 27 years, I said the first paragraph of the lessons that we memorized as missionaries. The Lord truly works in His time, in the miracles, and He does so in a path that we can be the tools in His hands here on the earth. I said, most people believe in a supreme being, whether they call Him God or not.
We know that God lives, right? That's the gist of what I said. How do I still remember that?
How do I still have the ability to bear testimony in a language that I wasn't even sure I'd be able to speak? My friends, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" I hope that you and I can develop a faith in our lives where we can resoundingly answer that question and say, "No, nothing is too hard for the Lord." So if you're on that teeter-totter and sometimes you're like, "Funeral," step forward in faith and let's be Savory Salt. We will be here tomorrow, and we hope you are too.
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