The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.” Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. They said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.” Then one said, “I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?” The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.” (Genesis 18:1-14, NRSV)
Abraham looked up and saw 3 men, and he knew who they were, cause he ran from the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground and asked them if he was found to be with favor that they would not leave.
Now how did he know who they were?
Where they wearing name tags?
Hello my name is messenger of the Most High God?
But he asked them to stay and asked his wife to make dinner. And as she prepared a simple meal for the visitors, they gave the happy couple a promise.
She cooked the cakes and the calf and curds were prepared, maybe they were in Wisconsin, and as the messengers ate they told Abraham that they would return and when they did Sarah would have a son.
And she laughed!
How many of us have laughed at what God told us before?
We don’t believe the wonders of our creator to be true, but they are, and she did. Abraham knew who they were, without name tags and the proved it to all of us, by the promises they brought from God.
So don’t laugh at God and His promises, laugh with Him as you celebrate with His messengers and relish in the promises He has given us all.
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