January 14, 2024
Daily Devotion:
" A Testimony of Faithfulness"
Genesis 21:6-7
New International Version
6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7
And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Isaac’s name means “one who laughs.” Sarah’s earlier disbelief at the possibility of being a first-time mother at
age 90 now became a remarkable part of her testimony. She said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me … Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age”
Instead of feeling embarrassed about her earlier struggle to believe the Lord, she now—with every mention of Isaac’s name—had the opportunity to remember God’s miracle: In one year, the Lord transformed the very nature of her incredulous laughter into a joyful testimony of His faithfulness.
