To God Be The Glory
It is at first really odd that God would insist on Sarah being the mother of the child of promise when Ishmael, Abraham's son through Hagar is the convenient choice. But in his interaction with God about Sarah becoming a mother - he actually laughs at God! - it becomes clear why this is so. Abraham wonders how it is that he, an old man, and Sarah, and old woman, might be able to still have a baby. But really, it's precisely because they were o,d that God wanted to do this miraculous work in their lives now. It will be absolutely clear, then, that this new child, the child of promise was the result of God's mighty work. Sometimes things just have to happen in that way. People brought to the end of themselves, so that it is clear that God is the one working in and through them.
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