Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant". (Gen 18,1-3)

When a man makes his path inadvertenly more complicated, he not always finds his way back. Then even his past falls can be a blessing to him - if they prevent him from future falls. And that is exactly what happened to Abraham. He made the right conclusion, he found his way back to faith, he was able to flip the switch of his life - at the age of 100! The moments following the second covenant were pivotal in his life. In them he had to decide with what inner attitude towards God he would go on.

And Abraham prevailed.

How can we know with such certainty? First of all, because he immediately obeyed God regarding circumcision, thereby accepting His covenant and election. And he believed the promise of the birth of Isaac, even though everything spoke against it, it was humanly impossible. In that belief he was quite alone: alone against reason, alone against nature, alone against his surroundings, even against Sarah, who did not believe it.

It was in this frame of mind that God visited him, a few weeks after the second covenant was made, that is, before Isaac was conceived. Abraham " was sitting in the door of the tent." This is not mentioned by accident. In a moment of complete peace and rest, the Lord "appeared" to Abraham, primarily to have a fellowship with him. One is tempted to exclaim: again, as in the days of old, when Abraham wandered the earth, God used to come to him, and His revelation to Abraham increased! Now Abraham still fears that God may disappear again ("do not pass away your servant"); after thirteen years of silence, God's visits are so precious to him that he would do anything not to lose them again.

But God does not want to miss this Abraham whom He Himself sought out in his noon siesta, a man of faith and now also a man of transformation! Neither anyone of those who follow His way in their pursuit of God.