And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.  And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?  (Gen: 17: 15-17- KJV)

 

I need to ask a question, does our faith sometimes seem weak and we find it difficult to believe? We have read in the scriptures that Sarah gave Abraham to Hagar to have a son because she felt that she was too old to bear a son of her own.  At the time when Ishmael was born Abraham was eighty-six years old.  However, in the above scripture, Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? (Gen: 17: 17-KJV).  So, if Abraham was eighty-six at the time of Ishmael’s birth, then Sarah was seventy-six years old.  It amazes me how Sarah could have faith enough to believe that Abraham could conceive a child with Hagar at the age of eighty- six and not with her at the age of seventy- six.  Perhaps it was because she was barren and felt there was no hope for her at all. Now the bible does not say how old Hagar was at the time of conception, however, Sarah was just like some of us.  Many of us have gone into buildings that have different levels.  Some have parking levels 1,2,&3, then the ground level, then the lobby, then the 1st floor and so on until we reach the penthouse. I asked the Lord why Sarah could believe that Abraham’s seed would reproduce through Hagar and not through her and he said because Sarah’s faith in herself was on the ground parking level.  It was underground just like some of our faith maybe  in ourselves to accomplish a task. Remember the Bible says; He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Matt: 17:20-NIV) Because Gods word says nothing shall be impossible for us if we just have a little faith, then guess what, it is possible. Isn’t it amazing how we can believe that God can do all kinds of great things through other people, but not through us?  It is easier for us to believe that our co-worker, or our boss, or our neighbor, or family member can achieve anything  they desire to achieve but not us.  Sarah’s faith in Abraham was in the penthouse, not once does in say in the bible that she doubted Abraham’s ability to conceive with Hagar, she did not laugh or doubt in her heart.  The funny thing about this is, neither did Abraham.  However, we read;  Abraham fell on his face, and laughed; (Gen: 17:17-KJV) when God told him that he and Sarah were going to have a child  and Sarah laughed as well; it says; therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying after I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? (Gen: 18:12-KJV)

 

Both Abraham’s and Sarah’s faith were on the underground parking levels when God promised them a son together.  They could not raise their level of faith in each other, but just thirteen years ago, neither of them had any problems in believing that a child would come forth from Abraham’s seed.

The scripture says, that the lord asked Abraham, “Why did sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age? CEV) I am the lord! There is nothing too difficult for me. (Gen: 18: 13-14a- CEV) We must keep our faith in the Lord strong.  God desires to raise our level of faith in him, his word tells us be ye master or bondservant he has no respect of person.  God wants our faith to rise from the ground parking level to the penthouse and see ourselves as he sees us.  If God has made a promise to us, he is well able to keep it. His promises are Yea and Amen. 

God’s desire is for us to increase our level of faith in ourselves through him, because he says I can do all things through Christ who strengths me.  Faith is simply forsaking all impossibilities and trusting him. We must raise the level of our faith because the God of all faith dwells on the inside of us and he is risen, alive, and working in and through each of us.!! When we constantly say what we cannot do, have, or become and speak negatively we are telling God that HE is not able to do it in us or through us, also, we are allowing the enemy full entrance into our mouth and spirit. The Bible says: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Prov: 18:21-KJV) It breaks my heart, and I am sure it breaks the heart of God when any of us refuse and especially blatantly refuse to accept and believe the word of our Savior and choose to accept the word of the enemy. Beloved it is time to raise our level of faith and trust and believe only what God says about us, and what we can do through Him and with His help.