My 2025 Theme Verses: Ezra 7:10 (ESV) For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Daniel 1:8 (ESV) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Keeping your sanity when your being punked - Genesis 28-31
I am not sure if I have ever come across a person as deceitful as Laban from the passage we read today. Jacob, not exactly the best example of integrity, looks like a saint compared to Laban. He seemed to have as many stories, approaches as he had gods. He covers every base as long as the main base to cover is his own interest. He seems to be titillated by wealth and embolden by his own power. Jacob finally gets his feel and decides it is time to put some distance between him and Laban. Laban pursues him. Laban had cheated Jacob on countless occasions. How do you handle it when someone treats you this way? Jacob, to his credit, turns to God! He recognizes God's sovereign control in his life and over his security and finances. He sees God's control over his wife's ability to bear children. He acknowledges God's ability to control what lambs are born to him and those to Laban. Jacob even realizes God's presence in the place he chooses to take a nap. These chapters teach us that nothing happens in our life without God's sovereign rule. We many not understand what happens to us and we may not like what happens to us. But, we must acknowledge and accept that whatever happens to us has its boundaries established by God. We may not liked to be punked by others but we must realized that God is complete control and we are to both accept and acknowledge that control as part of our worship. Give God the glory even in the limits He allows us to be mistreated. He will use it to bring us to His desired place in our lives.
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