Genesis 21:1–7
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We want what we want, and we want it now. We have instant coffee, instant communication, and an instant gratification mindset that infects everything, including our theology. We put in our prayer, pull the lever, and expect the desired outcome to drop neatly into the tray. When it doesn't, we're tempted to kick the machine, or worse, to walk away and conclude that the whole operation is a sham. Abraham and Sarah were not strangers to this temptation. For twenty-five years, they had been living with a promise from God that seemed, by every natural standard, to be utterly impossible. But the years rolled on, their bodies grew old, and the nursery remained empty. They had learned, the hard way, that God's promises are not fulfilled by man's contrivances. This passage is the glorious, joyful, laughter-filled culmination of that long wait.