創世記18:9-15

18:9 他們問亞伯拉罕說：「你妻子撒拉在哪裡？」他說：「在帳棚裡。」
18:10 三人中有一位說：「到明年這時候，我必要回到你這裡；你的妻子撒拉必生一個兒子。」撒拉在那人後邊的帳棚門口也聽見了這話。
18:11 亞伯拉罕和撒拉年紀老邁，撒拉的月經已斷絕了。
18:12 撒拉心裡暗笑，說：「我既已衰敗，我主也老邁，豈能有這喜事呢？」
18:13 耶和華對亞伯拉罕說：「撒拉為甚麼暗笑，說：『我既已年老，果真能生養嗎？』
18:14 耶和華豈有難成的事嗎？到了日期，明年這時候，我必回到你這裡，撒拉必生一個兒子。」
18:15 撒拉就害怕，不承認，說：「我沒有笑。」那位說：「不然，你實在笑了。」

⁹ “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.
“There, in the tent,” he said.
¹⁰ Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”
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.”
¹⁵ Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”
But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

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    其實這三位天使代表上帝，要向亞伯拉罕宣告：「到明年這時候，我必要回到你這裡；你的妻子撒拉必生一個兒子。」

    或許這件事情一直被藏在亞伯拉罕的心中，沒有向撒拉說，所以撒拉聽到的反應是：「我既已衰敗，我主也老邁，豈能有這喜事呢？」

    但是上帝要向他們顯明自己的全能，就向他們說：「撒拉為甚麼暗笑，說：『我既已年老，果真能生養嗎？』耶和華豈有難成的事嗎？到了日期，明年這時候，我必回到你這裡，撒拉必生一個兒子。」

    許多時候，我們就像撒拉一樣，不敢相信上帝要賜福給我們，一直為眼前和現實的狀況，否定上帝是全能的主！但是，上帝就是這樣奇妙的上帝，他要讓我們經歷神蹟奇事，超乎我們的想像的！讓我們勇敢將自己交託在上帝手中，讓神蹟奇事隨著我們吧！