“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.” - Genesis 21:6
“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.” - John 8:56
The Angels Appear to Abraham - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Public Domain Image
“[9] Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope… [11] Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. – Psalm 16
These verses speak of the joy of knowing the goodness and mercy of God. Sarah knew by the Spirit that the child she was being given in her old age was not just for her sake but was part of the sure promises of God to bruise the head of the serpent and redeem his people forever. “All that hear will laugh with me,” she says, speaking of the resurrection of the just when every believer will rise in triumph by God’s power.
Speaking of Jesus, Peter writes, “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” – 1st Peter 1:8.
Adoration of the Lamb – Jan van Eyck Public Domain Image
And that is our blessed hope (Titus 2:13), which places us through faith into such excellent company as Abraham, Sarah, and Peter.
Amen.
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