RESTORED TO LAUGHTER
OCTOBER-THE
MONTH I AM RESTORED TO LAUGHTER-Gen 18:11,12,15
Now Sarah
was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past
the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn
out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I
really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and
Sarah will have a son.”
The above passage is very deep. Sarah, understanding
the impossibility of her flesh blurted out laughing at what seemed to be an
impossible proclamation. Little did she know that the word was a word of prophesy,
and from God Himself. She laughed!
There are many types of laughter in the bible, but
permit me to share a couple with you in this piece:
1. There is the laughter
of a fool-Ecc 7:6.
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
This kind of a laughter does not last or does not end
in joy. It's a laughter that
ends in depression, despair, loneliness when it comes to an end. The end is not
too good. Just like we see in Prov 14:13.
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief.
Why is this? It is because it is a forced manner of
laughter.
2. The laughter
that comes from God. Ps 2:4
...the
one who sits in heaven laughs.
This is when He sees the sinful nature and the end of
the wicked, God Himself laughs. Ps 37:12-123 reiterates this fact.
The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
and gnash their teeth at them;
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
But the
laughter that Sarah laughed, which is the 3rd kind of laughter is:
3. The Laughter of Unbelief. Gen 18:12
It may be
that since we started the MOT in February, and in the 36th week of a 40 week
prayer and fasting, you find yourself laughing at all the prophecies, because
they are not coming to pass in your life. It seems that all the prayers are not
even going beyond the roof for you, I have good news, you are not alone. Sarah
too could not believe that at age 90, she would conceive and have a child. The husband,
Abraham being 100. How could that be. She said she has ceased to be with her
and womanhood. Perhaps that is what you are saying now, that it is finished for
you, Joy can't come to you, and you laughed in unbelief, I have good news for
you.
You are
saying it is impossible for you to be blessed this late in October, when the
year is running out. That job is impossible to get, that barrenness has come to
stay, and that illness will not abate. I have good news for you.
The good
news is as you have laughed in unbelief, God will bring and restore your laughter
back to you in manifestation of your joy. Joy and laughter have not ceased in
your life. Testimony shall still be shared by you this year. That job, good
health, prosperity and expansions shall still be your portion. This month, your
laughter shall come after God's declaration in Jesus NAME.
All those
who have mocked you as they did to Sarah and Elizabeth, shall come to rejoice
with you. They shall be put outside just like it happened in Luke 8:56. You
shall be astonished at what God will do for you.
Yours
shall not be the laughter of a fool any longer. It shall be said of you, just
like it was said of Sarah in Gen 21:6: “God has brought me laughter, and
everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham
that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
You shall
come back laughing, and rejoicing in Jesus Name. Amen.
Happy New
MONTH
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