Gathering Growing Going
What a dysfunctional family! What a mess that human sin has left! What good can come out of such a mess? Now, as we read this section, please remember Genesis 28:15 - God is with Jacob until His promises are fulfilled. And one of those promises is that Jacob will have offspring as numerous as ‘the dust of the earth’ (28:14). One of those promises is that through Jacob’s kids, God will bless the world. SO, as we watch the LORD see, and intervene for, the unloved (both Leah and Rachel), we see the good that comes out of the disciplining disappointment of the Father with His people: a brood of twelve boys, and one girl, who will grow to be the twelve tribes of God’s mob!
It’s often easy to see God working in the good times in our lives. But, where is God when things get hard? In Genesis 29 Jacob is forced to face the consequences of his sin and faces some challenging times. But this does not mean that God has left him. In fact, it is these very challenges that God will use to shape Jacob into the father of the Israelites. God did not abandon Jacob in his suffering—God will not abandon us in our suffering. But in His grace, He uses it to shape us to be the people He wants us to be.
Some things change, some things stay the same – and isn’t that the truth reaffirmed in this COVID-climate! It is a truth reiterated continually throughout Genesis – although I wonder whether the first part actually happens. It seems that things stay the same! Isaac and Rebekah have had twins – Esau (the older, hairier, red, outdoors-type) and Jacob (the younger, less hairy, indoors-type). The LORD has stated that the younger will rule the older, establishing again the reality of grace as He commits to dealing with the broken state of the world. The hope of the world lies in the grace of the LORD – and nowhere else…
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