HEAVENLY VICTORIES

”Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.“
Genesis 21:3 NIVGenesis 21:33 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

One of the reasons believing God for some people, especially the ‘most intelligent’ among us is so hard is because of His simplicity.

Science is fascinating because it requires a degree of sophistication, literacy, social status, and exposure to fully comprehend. So, one prides in their degrees, their social status and the exposure they have to the world because those things do set you apart in the standards of men.

On the other hand, you are talking of one who is supposed to be the creator of the universe, the master over heaven and earth and all creation, the one who weaves bone and morrow in a womb and forms a human, but is born to a shepherd who couldn’t even afford a room in the Marriott of that time? Surely, He cannot be ‘all that’ (pause and ponder this comparison).

In our theme scripture we have a man called Abraham, known as the Father of faith because He believed all the seemingly impossible things God said He would do not considering the timeframes that govern the world. He names his son Isaac, which means ‘He laughs’.

The meaning of Isaac’s name, a son born to the man who fathered faith against all science and odds, points to the fact that though the things of God are so simple that you could laugh in mockery, they are also equally powerful that you can’t not laugh at the fulfillment.

A 90 year old carried to term (Genesis 17:17)Genesis 17:1717 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
The King of the universe laid in a manger (Luke 2:7)Luke 2:77 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
An army won a feisty war by singing and worshipping(2 Chronicles 20:21)2 Chronicles 20:217 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Animals looked at a tree and produced the kind of offspring that was desired ( Genesis 30:39).Genesis 30:3939 So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
The infinite, all knowing God lives and moves through finite, mortal men (2 Corinthians 4:72 Corinthians 4:7Cast Down but Unconquered 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.).

The French have a saying that loosely translates: ‘It is he who laughs last that has the best laugh (riras bien qui riras dernier)’. When you let God write your story, the last laugh shall always be yours. Be content looking foolish, if He is with you. Hallelujah. Selah!

”He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.“ Psalms 2:4 NKJVPsalms 2:4 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.

Prayer: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I live in reverent awe of You. My lips cannot tell of your wonders, neither can my heart fully comprehend. Let there never be a day that I don’t rise to give you praise, in Jesus name. Amen!

CI.