Laugh of Unbelief

When you laugh, how do you laugh? Do you laugh in unbelief, like Sarah, when she heard she was to have a child? She thought she was beyond the blessing of God, too old, too used up, to receive the promise, even from the Almighty God. That is one temptation.

         Or, do you laugh like Sarah after the birth of Isaac, as one who cannot believe the manifold blessings of God to have actually fallen on her? She bore a child and was amazed. Why would the Lord bless her so?

         Or do you laugh like Ishmael, who thinks he has privileges over others, the most important son, who cannot see his own haughtiness? 

         Is your laugh the right kind of laugh? We should be amazed at God’s kindness to us, even in the midst of impossible circumstances. We should respond like Abraham who believed that God would do what He said He would do, namely provide the well of salvation for us in His Son, Jesus. 

         If your laughter is unbelief, or scorn, or haughtiness, then turn to Christ now in faith and look to God’s promises in Jesus.