BY SADE AKANNI
(Living Seed Vol.9 No.3 June 2002)
“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him and increased him.” (Isa. 51:1-2) .
“For in this manner, in former times the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” (1 Pet 3:5-6)
Severally in the Holy Scriptures, both in the Old and New Testaments we see God referring us to the life of this woman, Sarah. She was a woman of whom heaven bears testimony in many ways. In the above scriptures the Lord commands all those who follow after righteousness, men and women whose pursuit in life is righteousness, people who seek the Lord, not only to look to the life of Abraham but also to the life of Sarah. For all such people, God refers to Abraham as their father and as the rock from which they were hewn, while Sarah was the pit from which they were dug. She was the mother of righteous people. That was not an honorary title but an approval from the Lord Himself. He commands us to look to the life of this woman and learn a lesson for our lives.
When you also talk about holiness of life and submission to a husband, God recommends Sarah as the mother of all women who are holy and submissive. This is quite a challenge. What is in the life of this woman that the Lord so highly recommends her? This is what we shall attempt to study in this edition, trying also to learn a few lessons for our own lives and our walk with God, those of us upon whom the ends of the world have come.
Sarah’s life background
“then Abraham and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Ischah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child.” Gen.11:29-30
“But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.” Gen. 20:12
The earliest mention of Sarah’s name was in Gen. 11:29 where she was then called Sarai and she was Abram’s wife. Later in Gen. 20:12, a little more detail about her background was revealed. She had the same father with Abraham her husband though not the same mother. However she was said to be barren as far as childbearing was concerned, a situation not different from what many women are also experiencing in marriage today.
Considering the life of Abram her husband, the Bible means us to understand in Gen. 11:26-28 that Abram’s father, Terah also had delayed childbearing after marriage. He had Abram as his first child at the age of seventy, as against the age of twenty nine to thirty years in his family lineage. So Abram was a precious child and the first out of three sons. That meant even Sarai was a precious wife with a great expectation of the family from her life. But she was barren. Even Haran the youngest brother of Abram married and had his son Lot while Abram and Sarai were still waiting for a baby. Haran her brother-in-law died and Haran’s son Lot became her dependant. That looks like the kind of thing that happens in many families even now especially in Africa. What am I trying to bring out here? Sarah was a human being like any of us, She was not a super woman somewhere who just came into existence like that. She was a woman like any of us, married with attendant problems just as it happens to many women today. Yet she walked with God satisfactorily to the extent that God could point our attention to her life as a woman who pleased God. If she did, then surely you can.
Her trials
1. Barrenness
“But Sarai was barren; she had no child” Gen. 11:30
“Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to his wife, Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. Therefore it will happen when the Egyptians see you that they will say This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Please say you are my Sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you. So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh, And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. …But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abraham’s wife.” Gen. 12:10-17
The first trial that Sarai faced was that of barrenness as a married woman. That was a great marital problem in their time and is still the same in many parts of the world today. Though married, she was barren in life. Yet she remained faithful to her husband. She did not go outside her marital relationship to try another man despite her beauty. She must have faced a lot of internal and external pressure. Haran her younger brother-in-law had a child; slaves were having children and multiplying in her house but Sarai had no child. Yet she was contented to stay with her husband come what may.
That is a life worthy of emulations. Marriage is a relationship for life, for better, for worse. God’s purpose for marriage is beyond childbearing. As far as God is concerned, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives, whether barren or fruitful (Rom 7:2). God says ‘I hate divorce…’ (Mal 2:16) for whatever reason. Moreover, there is no one on earth, believer or unbeliever, that is exempted from trials. Whatever you do or build in life, you will surely face trials. Whether you build on sand with no foundation, or on the rock as your foundation, the rain, the wind and the storms are trials waiting to come upon whatever you are building, be it a home, a business, a career, a child, etc (Matt 7:24-27). And the scripture says,
“…The same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” (1 Pet 5:9)
For Sarah, barrenness was one strong wind of trial that came upon her and her home. For others, it could be other things. Your response in times of trial (whether to stand or to fall) depends on what foundation you built upon. But certainly, trials must surely come to every man whether believer or unbeliever.
The response of many Christian families to the problem of barrenness is something to consider, seeing that a woman like Sarah passed through it before.
However in some homes today, once the couple waits for some years and there is no child coming forth, their relationship begins to grow sour. In the African setting, the extended family starts putting pressure on both sides and that may result in divorce ultimately. Whatever promise they made with each other to serve God together as a couple, comes to an abrupt end because of the problem of barrenness. That is not the will of God.
To such men and women, the Lord God says, “Look to Sarah who bore you.” Sarah faced this trial; yet she was committed to God and to her husband, she did not use her beauty to misbehave. Are you facing such a trial? Wait patiently on the Lord. Sarai waited for many years. However after many years of being barren, Sarai under pressure gave a wrong counsel to her husband, pushing him into extra-marital affair with Hagar.
“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her. And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.” (Gen 16: 1-4)
That trial of barrenness must have affected her so deeply that she despaired of ever being able to have a child. She forgot the ability of God to do all things. She forgot to call on the Lord under that pressure. She acted on the spur of the moment and ill-advised her husband. Abram who was also desperate under that pressure, went in to Hagar at the first mention of that suggestion by Sarai. The man of God forgot his God and looked for alternative solution to his problem.
Are you under pressure of childlessness or other difficult trials? Have you waited for so long and God seems not to be forth coming? Wait patiently on the Lord and for the Lord. Be consistent in waiting. The pressure of barrenness could be much especially in the African setting. But here is what the Lord wants you to do! “Come to Me all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matt 11:28). Go to the Lord your Maker and cast your burdens on Him. Don’t go helter-skelter in search of a child by all means. You may enter into trouble. You may get a child but with more terrible trouble than barrenness itself. Be patient. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him. Let your faith be beyond what you can get from God. Say like the three Hebrew children in Babylon:
“…Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us… but if not, let it be known to you that we do not serve your gods… ” (Dan 3:17-18).
Pressure did not allow Sarai to wait. Her suggested solution led her family into thirteen years of darkness and broken relationship with God. (Gen.16) There was a lot of fighting and struggling in the family. And the child resulting from that wrong step brought conflicts not only to Abram and Sarai but is still a problem to the whole world today. Wait. If Sarah fell into that trap, you don’t have to. Her life should shine light on your path so that where she fell, you will stand, learning from her experience.
God eventually rebuked their backsliding, fulfilled His promise and gave them a son. “And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.” (Gen 21:1-2)
The Lord is faithful. Don’t hurry out of His presence to devise alternative solution to your problem. Do only what He bids you do. As Sarah received the promise, so will it be unto you also as God has promised.
2. The trial of leaving the known for the unknown
Apart from the trail of barrenness she faced in her marriage, she was also faced with the difficulty of leaving her country and her people to follow her husband to an unknown destination.
“Now the Lord God had said to Abram; ‘Get out of your country, from your family and from your fathers’ house, to a land that l will show you…’ So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him… Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son and all their possessions…, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan, So they came to the land of Canaan.” Gen.12: 1,4-5
As the Lord spoke to Abram, so he departed with Sarai his wife. Looking at the privileges of being the first son in the family (the privilege of inheritance, etc), the privilege of living in your own country of origin with no need to change language or diet, etc, it must have been a difficult decision to take. If Sarai was another woman, she could have seriously discouraged her husband from obeying that kind of voice that he heard, more so that he did not know where he was going. It is even easier to follow a man who is definite about his destination and the end result of his decision. But when a man does not know where he is going the wife does not find it easy at all. That was a trial of her faith. Yet, Sarai followed.
Following Jesus is a journey of faith, a journey into the unknown, holding to the sure promises of God. As a woman, there is much to learn from this woman of old. There are certain times, in fact oftentimes in the Christian family, the man hears God first and sees the vision of God’s purpose for his family more clearly than his wife. This is not strange at all, since the eyes of a man is located on his head, not on the body. And the man is the head while the wife is the body. For you as a woman to therefore keep struggling with your husband over the will of God for your family or in decision making, you may be making a serious mistake. It is not as if you should not discuss such issues and weigh your decision together. But after all said and done, allow your head to be the head. Pray and trust God to help him to take the right decision, and follow him into it. You will not regret it after all.
3. The trial of famine
When Sarai and her husband entered the land of promise, they faced another trial which could have driven them back to where they were coming from, had they been mindful of the home and privileges they had left behind. Right in the will of God, they faced a severe famine. The famine was so grievous that they forgot to call on the Lord for help. Rather they went down to Egypt without heavenly counsel. Maybe you are also in the will of God as a family, walking according to God’s plan. Yet you may be facing a famine: famine of finance, of food, of the word of God, of love from brethren etc. Whatever famine you are facing, please do not go down to ‘Egypt.’ Refuse to compromise your faith in every way. Wait as a faithful soldier for the next instruction from the Lord. He will not let you down. He will direct your path as He ordered Elijah’s steps when there was famine in Israel (1Kg17). Not only that, Abram was afraid of being killed by Egyptians who may like to have Sarai because of her beauty. So he suggested that she should say to anyone who asked about their relationship, that she is Abram’s sister. That was not completely true. And it is clear that half-truth is not equal to the truth. It was a lie. For Sarai, that was another trial. Obviously she would not want her husband to be killed; yet to tell a lie to save him was another difficult issue, coupled with the fact that the Egyptians actually eventually took her to Pharaoh’s house to become his wife. Imagine the difficulty this woman faced just to save her husband’s life.
Their going down to Egypt was actually a going down in their lives and in their relationship with God. How did they come out of that trial?
“But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.” (Gen 12:17).
How did it happen? It was because of Sarai, (not Abram) that the Lord plagued Pharaoh’s house. What did God see in Sarai that made Him to respond this way? 1Pet 3:5-6 makes it clear later that she was a holy woman who trusted in God. She must have prayed. Since she would neither want her husband to be killed nor herself to be defiled, she prayed and trusted God to deliver her. And the Lord answered by bringing plagues upon Pharaoh and his house ever before he could lay with her.
There are many women today who, for lack of wisdom in handling such a conflicting situation as this, would rather prefer to save themselves even if the man would die. If Sarai had told the man that Abram was telling a lie and that they were husband and wife, it is possible that Abram would have been killed since that was the order of the day then; yet Sara herself would not be spared. She would have been defiled still. Rather than act with human wisdom under the disguise of not wanting to tell lies and sin against God, she decided to patiently submit to her husband while pleading with God and trusting God to help. It is good to look up to God for wisdom in every case.
At other times and in such conflicts as this the Lord may lead you as He led Esther to go against her husband’s unrighteous decree with wisdom and submission. It was a decree in the palace that any of his wives whom he did not invite to see him, who comes to the inner court to see him, shall be killed unless he holds out the golden sceptre towards her. Yet Esther had an urgent supplication to make before the King. She prayed and the wisdom she received was to go against that law and be ready to take the punishment which was death, trusting God to grant her favour. That was still submission. And God did deliver her.
Are you facing such trials in your home? There is need to pray for wisdom to know what is the right step to take. Wisdom has not yet finished in heaven, and it will never finish. All you need to do is to pray and trust God. Does anyone lack wisdom? Let him or her pray and ask God. He gives to all liberally (Jam 1:5)
4. The Trouble with Lot
When lot’s father Haram died, Abram took him in to himself to take care of him. Apparently, Lot was still a single young man at that time, needing parental help and supervision. Sarai and Abram took up the challenge even though they had no child of their own. That was a kind gesture worthy of emulation. It was a kindness shown to the dead and to the Lord. Children all over the World are the heritage of the Lord (Psa. 127:3). They belong to Him. Furthermore, He is the Father of the fatherless and He is ever delighted with anyone who shows interest in this matter of caring for such children to raise them in the way of the Lord. There are testimonies of barren people who eventually had children of their own as they first took up the challenge of caring for the fatherless and needy children. God is not a debtor to any man. He will reward you if you also take up such a challenge.
Abram and Sarah took up the challenge of taking care of Lot. Along the line they had trials, in helping Lot, but the Lord was always with them to turn it for their good. Lot grew in the house of Abram to a point that he became rich.
“Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.” Gen 13:5
He also had servants (herdsmen) who started striving with Abram’s herdsmen. Instead of rebuking his herdsmen and pleading with his father Abram, Lot kept quiet until the strife became so much as to cause separation between him and Abram. If he had behaved well, he could have stayed around his father Abram in that strange land with all his riches. But he did not. Abram, in meekness, asked Lot to choose any part of the land to go, and with no apology at all, he did. Choosing before his father did was bad enough; yet Lot still chose the place that looked like greener pastures, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, not knowing that those cities were already marked out for destruction. He left his foster parents to go and live in the desert part of the land. That was quite a trial for them in a strange land. Yet Sarah did not interrupt and mis-advise her husband. She could have insisted that in the first place, God did not promise to give that land to Lot but Abram. She could have asked Abram to send Lot away anywhere he wanted to go. Secondly, she could have insisted that Abram and herself should choose first because that was their right as elders. If they insisted on their right, they would have chosen that place where Lot chose and they would have been at a loss. Instead, Sarai was quiet. That woman had a meek and quiet spirit. She was humble and had no agitation of heart over anything, clinging to nothing even if it be their right. They eventually got the whole land. It is only the meek that will inherit what God has promised (Mart 5:5 GNB)
Immediately Lot separated from them, the Lord appeared to Abram and reaffirmed His promise. He promised to give Abram all the land as far as his eyes could see, northward, southward, eastward, westward, including the place Lot chose. They overcame that trial by meekness. God only fights for those who refuse to fight for their right. Later on, war came on Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot was not spared. He was carried away captive, together with his family and possessions.
“Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the Terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Anner; and they were allies with Abram.” “Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan… So he brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.” Gen 14:13-16.
From that scripture, it looks as if after Lot misbehaved and chose land first and separated from Abram and Sarai, these people still maintained a cordial relationship with him. They did not begrudge him for what he did. Abram still took Lot as his brother. People still know. Then one of those who escaped from Sodom came and reported to Abram, what had happened to Lot. I would like you to take note of Abram’s reactions when he heard that Lot had been carried away captive. He took three hundred and eighteen of his servants, trained in his house and pursued the raiders until he overcame them and rescued Lot and his family and possessions. That was another trial they overcame. When they heard the news, they could have said, ‘that serves him right. That proud Lot. God has rewarded him for his pride. Let him suffer a little so that next time, he will learn to respect elders’. Sarai could have fueled the matter. But again, she was quiet with no struggle. She must have even prepared food and provisions for her husband and those armed servants as they went to rescue Lot. They overcame Lot’s wrong behaviour with Love and kindness. They did not pay evil for evil.
Here is a lesson for us to learn. This is a challenge for all men and women who love and pursue after righteousness. What is righteousness? It is to do what is right in the sight of the Lord in any situation. And the scripture says to all such
people, “Look to Sarah who bore you.” She was an example of righteousness. Have you been struggling to avenge yourself of those who cheated or maltreated you? Is it your brother-in-law, a sister in the fellowship, a pastor’s wife somewhere or even your husband? You will not receive any blessedness by struggling. Do you have agitation, restlessness and struggles with your husband or within yourself in taking a decision to forgive offenders no matter the magnitude of the offence? Take your rest in the Lord. Commit all matters to the Lord and forgive. Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good (Rom. 12:21). It is only the meek that shall receive what God has promised.
Her faith and faithfulness
“For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” 1Pet.3:5-6.
Sarah was a woman of faith. She was a woman who trusted and depended on God in every situation. It was her trust in God that made her to quietly follow her husband from the land of their nativity, which they were familiar with to a strange land. She followed him from the known to the unknown. If there was any mockery that came on Abraham from the extended family and people around because of that seemingly foolish decision, she bore it with him because she trusted in God. Even in difficult times when there was a great famine in the land, despite the fact that they were in the centre of God’s purpose for their lives, she stuck to Abraham not because of Abraham but because she trusted in God. God’s promise may not always come free of suffering. It is part of our calling in Christ Jesus not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for His sake. (Phil. 1:29). She trusted in God and faithfully followed the Lord and Abraham.
Even in the example quoted in 1Pet.3:6, where she called Abraham her lord, it was not an ordinary mouth talk. That was actually her lifestyle. She would not enforce anything. She was not strong willed. When they faced the trial of going down to Egypt because of famine, she actually obeyed Abraham as one would obey her lord. How was she able to do it? By her trust in God. Actually this level of obedience to a man can only occur if you trust in the ability of God to guide aright and also to deliver you even when you enter into trouble as a result of your obedience. Many women today claim to be believers but sincerely they do not trust the Lord in their day-to-day life.
Some women are so clever and they believe so much in their strong will and their ability to know right decisions. Even if that ‘your head’ (your husband) is not all right and his eyes are not seeing well, he is your head. Instead of struggling with him, you can pray to the Lord God Almighty who is the Maker of all men. He has not stopped making men to be what they should be. Have faith in God, Trust Him to help you. He may be sluggish but He is still your husband. You may discuss about issues and decisions and make suggestions, but let him still have the final say, trusting the Lord to guide both of you in taking right steps.
Again when it came to the point of receiving God’s promise of a child, Sarah trusted in God.
“And He said I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him).” Gen. 18:10.
“By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.” Heb 11:11.
When the Lord came down to them to announce the exact timing of the fulfillment of His promise of a child, Sarah believed God. Though she laughed immediately she heard it, she judged God faithful to His promises. She trusted that God would bring His promise to pass. Are you facing barrenness in any aspect of your life? Is there any physical or spiritual barrenness? Are you experiencing barrenness in the call of God on your life as a person or as a family and even when you know that God certainly promised to make you fruitful? The first place to check is your heart. Don’t be superficial about it. Don’t let your heart deceive you. Check your heart. Do you really think God will fulfil His promise? Even though you know He has the ability to do it do you really believe He will do it? On what is your faith hanging? Is it on hospital reports? Is it on your cleverness or ability to put things together in such a way that there will be results? All such are sinking sands. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. And faith is the substance, the reality, the element that makes up the things you hope for. It is the reality, the evidence of that thing though you have not physically seen it. Things that are seen are temporal, but things that are not seen are eternal. Visible things are made from the invisible.
That is what will push you to hope against hope and act as if what you are looking for is there even when physically it is not there. Sarah believed God and took Him by His word. As soon as God spoke to them about His coming to visit them according to the time of life, I think Sarah must have opened up to Abraham that night for conjugal relationship. You may not know what that means for an old woman who has passed the age of child bearing and entered in to menopause. She was about eighty-nine years old then. Some women who are as old as that in our time are already using walking stick.
They are so old in their bodies that they are not able to walk straight again. They have no more strength for any hard work. For such women sexual relationship is forgotten. They don’t even imagine having it again. Even if they are to have it, it is often a painful experience. But for Sarah, she trusted God. She received strength to conceive. That means, even for her to have had conjugal relationship with her husband, she had to receive strength from the Lord, because that is where conception starts. She went in by grace and by faith. And she conceived. And she brought forth the son of promise. Halleluiah.
First, considering the conjugal relationship she had with Abraham her husband at that old age, it means you can also receive strength from the Lord and satisfy your husband conjugally even after reaching menopause. There are some cultures that hold certain superstitious beliefs against this but godly culture is not against it. Marriage is for life, till death do you part. And the bed must remain undefiled. Many women push their husbands into extramarital affairs and into polygamy because of having reached menopause. This is not right in God’s sight. Men do not retire in body as early as women in their conjugal needs. That is how they are made. You must learn as a wife to rather pray and receive grace to satisfy your husband till death do you part, or till both of you retire in body, sexually.
Secondly, there are those whose husbands have been called of God into full-time ministry. But instead of actively playing their roles in the work to help their husbands, they leave them to struggle alone in the work because they have not been able to conceive the burden of the work. Even though you may not go outrightly against the step he is taking, your being passive is not right. The call of God on your lives as husband and wife is one and the same even though it may have different faces. Rather than being passive and barren, you can cry out to God to plant the burden of that work in your heart. The conception of a burden takes place in the heart. You can also by faith based on God’s promise to you, receive strength to conceive it. Out of that conception will come the particular part you must play in that work. You must not allow your place to be empty or your portion taken over by another. The Lord will grant you understanding.
Thirdly, even for those who are looking up to God for the fruit of the womb, it will only come by faith, as you trust God and judge Him faithful to His word. Whatever stories your body is telling you, you must not even stop to consider them. If the Lord has spoken to you definitely about it, stand on that word and receive strength (grace) to conceive. You will receive what God has promised.
On the day Isaac was weaned, Sarah saw Ishmael the son of Hagar mocking “And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely Isaac. And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son. But God said unto Abraham, Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad, or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.” Gen.21; 9-12.
Sarah was faithful to God and to Abraham as far as God’s will for her husband was concerned. She knew what God said concerning the son she bore for Abraham and when it was time for action, she spoke out the mind of God clearly to her husband. Considering what she said naturally, one would think it came out of jealousy. It was even displeasing to Abraham. He was already settling for Ishmael as his heir. But that was not the will of God. God’s will was that in Isaac shall his seed be called. Sarah spoke the mind of God and the Lord supported her and confirmed it to Abraham. She was faithful; she was spiritual. Even the care of a baby would not make her unspiritual. We have lessons to learn here as wives and as nursing mothers who go down in their spiritual lives when nursing a baby.
Does your husband refuse taking your counsels and suggestions? And does he do that without being rebuked by the Lord? Do you actually take time to hear God or you just speak anyhow? There is need for you to check your spirituality. Your spirituality will surely affect your marital relationship. “The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife…” 1Cor. 7; 14. Your life as a believing wife should sanctify even your unbelieving husband in such a way that even if he wants to do wrong, your godly life will put the fear of God in his life against wrongdoing. Furthermore, are you faithful to the purpose of God for your home? Do you even care to know it as a woman? God only speaks to those who care. Rebecca sought the face of the Lord for the children in her womb and God spoke to her. If you care to seek the face of the Lord, you will find the will of God.
Sarah was a woman like any of us. She was married and faced marital responsibilities as we do. She had different kinds of trials but trusted in God and overcame them all. She was a meek and quiet woman who maintained her meekness despite the trials she faced. The Lord fought for her at every point and she eventually received what God had promised. Her life carries God’s recommendation in the Holy Scriptures in both the Old and New testaments and her words carry weight both on earth and in heaven.
To those who follow after righteousness, whose pursuit is to live righteously and please God, the Almighty says, “…. Look to Sarah who bore you.”
To those who seek the Lord for strength, for fruitfulness, for a life of spirituality and a heart that trusts the Lord, He says “…look to Sarah who bore you.” She was a worthy example to holy women who has already obtained a good heavenly report. She is not ‘awaiting result’. May the Lord speak more to you about this woman who has won God’s approval so that you may learn lessons for your personal admonition in Jesus name. Amen
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