Day: June 26, 2026

Genesis 21:6 

“Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.’”

Sarah had waited a lifetime. Not a year. Not a decade. A lifetime. The promise came when she was old enough to know better. She couldn’t  believe it. A son? From this worn-out body? She laughed.

But years before that laugh, there had been tears. Long, silent years of an empty cradle and an aching heart. Barrenness in the ancient world wasn’t just a medical condition. It was a wound you carried in public. Every festival. Every neighbor’s newborn. Every passing year.

Finally she did what desperate people do. She acted. She handed her servant Hagar to Abraham and said, “make it happen.” It was legal by the customs of her day. But it wasn’t God’s promise. It was a shortcut around God. And shortcuts rarely lead where we hope.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Prayer: Lord, when we grow tired of waiting and take matters into our own hands, redirect us gently.

Isaiah 6:5

“Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips.”

Isaiah did not pretend. Standing in the presence of a holy God, his first words were not confidence or courage. They were confession. “Woe is me.” That is not despair talking. That is honest self-awareness. Isaiah saw God clearly, and that changed how he saw himself.

Notice something else. He did not say “woe is my neighbor.” Conviction started at home. With himself. That kind of honesty is rare, and God honors it.

Then cleansing came. And the man who said “woe is me” suddenly said “here am I.” That is what God does. Knowing Him and seeing Him changes your life and plans.

God does not need the perfect. He needs the willing. The greatest ability you can offer God is simple availability. Show up. Say yes. Let God send you.

I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.

Suggested Prayer: Lord, cleanse what is unclean in me, change my posture, and make me willing to say, here am I.