The joy of Sarah, Isaac

I am thinking of Sarah, what a joy she must have experienced when she held her baby after years on being barren.   When you are barren, it’s like God has forgotten about you, you are in total shame and disgrace and in pain that no one see but only you can feel. When barren you are in isolation, like in the wilderness but God is faithful even during our sorrow, God is faithful and authentic. The joy of holding Isaac in her arms. See, God promised her this baby, that the seed of Abraham will flourish on her and she will harvest a son. God’s promises are never in vain, He is not a son of man that He should change and lie on thing s He has said.  Isaac means laughter, happiness, joy and being merry. The mercies of God when He gave her a child, she was filled with joy and wonder, God’s favor.

When barren, fertile people laugh, they mock, and belittle you, yes the Ishmaels around you barren woman. Let me speak to Ishmael, Ishmael do not mock Isaac. Hagar & Ishmael do not persecute and maltreat Sarah and Isaac. Hagar & Ismael be careful do not behave badly.  Do not mock, do not challenge and provoke God, God will send you away lest he corrupt the seed of Abraham and take the rights of Isaacs. Ishmael was outside the covenant of God.

Ref. Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 21:1-3, 6-7

O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. Psalm 92:4