(posting a bit early but on purpose)
Today's readings are Genesis 18.1-15 and Mark 6.14-34.
Today we see God's promises coming in unexpected, even unbelievable ways. God appears to Abraham, though it doesn't seem that Abraham recognizes God specifically. He gives Abraham and Sarah the promise of a child to be born, counter to any human expectation. The Scripture says clearly that Sarah is beyond childbearing age. There is no human way we could expect that she would have a child. Yet the Lord makes a very specific promise. Nothing is too difficult for our God.
What unbelievable promises has the Lord made in Scripture? He promises that salvation is by grace through faith. Is that a shocking enough promise? He promises eternal life in a state of bodily resurrection. Is that shocking enough? How about nourishing faith by his body and blood? How about engaging in a washing of regeneration in baptism? How about removing our sins from us regardless of our conduct? How about changing our attitudes toward sins? God makes a lot of unbelievable promises. And he fulfills those promises in and through the person of Jesus Christ, God the Son. Let us look, as did Abraham and Sarah, to the Lord who gives the promises, the Lord who will bring those promises to pass.
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