Genesis 18:11-15 -- On Trusting the Impossible

"Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh."
Genesis 18:11-15


This is an interesting story, and the question "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" is a good one. I think we all might laugh a little bit when we consider something that the Lord promises but that doesn't seem possible, especially in cases where we need to be a participant, because we think... oh, I can't do that, that's just too much, too overwhelming... unreasonable, not happening.

Sarah questioned, and we do too, but her lesson is one that we all need to learn, because we can't just believe God about things that seem reasonable and likely to us. Trusting and having faith in God requires believing the whole package... all of the gospel and all of the propecy, and learnign to recognize and believe even the individual promptings and feelings that the Lord blesses us with through the spirit. Those are the easiest to doubt because we can think that it is just ourselves and our own thoughts, and we have to learn how to recognize when the spirit is prompting us.

Today, let's remember that nothing is too hard for the Lord, and let's look to him and trust him with our lives and with our happiness. He can protect us and bring us to good much better than we can do for ourselves, if we can have enough faith to walk as he asks rather than going our own ways. Like Sarah, let's work to overcome our disbelief and move forward with faith. If what God says seems impossible, then let's trust in the impossible, for God always fulfills his promises.