a powerfull Sarah

A powerful Sara

Hebrews 11: 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Sometimes there are things in your life you think it’s difficult, or you think you can’t do it. Everyone has such things, though is one person faster by doing things and try than the other. You can think of assignments at work or during an illness, but also quite common at home with different things. Maybe you do have things you really like will and that but fails, then we read today in the Bible a text that wants to help us.

It is the letter to the Hebrews and we are in the middle of the part of Christians. There is a whole list of people who have done things by faith that they actually could not do by theirselfs. Moses is between them, but also Enoch who walked with God. Abraham stands there and Jacob, Joseph and even more. It is very instructive and discovering to this section, a quiet read through Hebrews 11. You will find that you are not alone in dependence on God, but also that all the people who have had important functions in the Bible also needed Him. They would not succeed without his help, but through their faith they could do what they needed to do.

But there is a very special name between, Sara. If I think about Sara, then it is the story that she starts to laugh when she hears that they still going to get a child. She doesn’t believe it, at least so it seems at first sight. She's been an old woman and how can she still get pregnant and then also still carry the child, that is not possible. Even when getting pregnant isn't the problem, then it's still the physical strain on her body. 

But Sara did carry the child! In our text: by faith she received power to become pregnant and give birth to a child, despite her pregnancy. It was in humans opinion impossible, but with God it became possible. He opened the womb of Sara and let there arise a child. But also give birth to the child did succeed. Give birth to a child is a very difficult task for a woman, we men don’t understand it at all. The pain is unimaginable and the force required to put the child in the world is not by us to imagine. That's going our thinking above. However, Sara succeeded in old age. Powerfull, isn’t it? 

But she could not from herself, no she has received the power from God. God has given her the strength to carry and give birth to the child. God has done that for Sara because He had promised them and they were faithful to him. That is the core of the pregnancy by Sara and the birth of Isaac. God had promised and did it. He has not informed or only partially helped Sara , no God has opened the uterus, but also gave strength. He has made sure that everything went well. Sara had probably her doubts, but they trusted God, who does what he promises.

God promises us that he will help us. Whatever's on your way and which mountain you have to beat, God wants to help you. If you're depending on him and let God first, then you will see that he guides you and helps you. Entail that you really have to believe that he does it for you, because otherwise it's idle-talk. You may even appeal to God when you ask, because he does what he promises! You may hours speak to him about these things and present it all to him. He has helped Sara and will do so with every prayer that comes to him, He will be there for His children.