"God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them." I wonder who God's traveling companions were? Possibly, the Trinity?
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man. God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh saying, 'Me? Have a baby? An old woman like me?' Is anything too hard for God?"
Sarah lied. She said, "I didn't laugh," because she was afraid.
Acknowledgement of God's presence demands a response. Likely, the condition of one's heart is an indicator of what your response will be. Will you fall humbly on your face before God, knowing you have been as faithful as you knew how? Yet also aware of how painfully inadequate you have been to fulfill God's will and purpose? Or will you hide your face and tremble knowing it is time for judgement and only by God's grace will you survive the experience?
Abraham prospered from the experience with a birth lineage still in existance today. Sodom and Gomorah were visited and now are just a scorched spot in history.
So what about it? Will you prosper or will you be burnt toast?
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