- Genesis 30 Daily DEVO When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” Genesis 30:1-2 – Often we will find ourselves in times of our life that the circumstances we just can’t control. What’s dangerous is when we begin to react to those times as Rachel did by lashing out at those who also have no control over the situation. Be careful to not let your anger and frustration over a situation create divides between you and those around you, especially those walking with you in these times. While staying patience and prayerful isn’t the easiest thing to do in these times, it’s worth the effort to go that path for your walk with God and others. Know God is able to provide the peace you need while He is in the process of creating the provision you’re waiting for. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 510
- But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons. Genesis 30:35 – Not everyone will support your growth. In our chapter Jacob speaks to his father-in-law Laban and asks for any of the spotted/striped goats/lambs to be born in the future from Laban’s flocks to be his. Laban agrees to this deal, yet then does what we see in our verse. He takes away all the spotted and stripped animals so they won’t bred in a place Jacob will see. Laban voiced he wanted Jacob to grow, but his actions spoke a different message. Be aware then that not everyone who speaks well of you desires your growth. While that isn’t an easy truth to accept, know scripture clearly outlines God’s motives concerning you. God is all about your growth. He wants you to grow in strength, in wisdom, and in peace. He wants you to grow and prosper in every way that draws you closer to Himself. God’s heart is for your growth to become all that God created you to be. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1834
- Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun. Genesis 30:20 – A large part of this chapter outlines for us the tensions and power struggle happening in Jacob’s family. Rachel and Leah, sisters and both wives of Jacob, sought to be the top wife by producing more children than the other. Children were used as pawns and servants were used as pawns to bring more children onto “their side.” We see how broken this path was in verse 20, for Leah says finally my husband will honor me and love me because I gave him six sons. Her whole life was dedicated to earning love from a man that wasn’t going to give it to her. When we make the strivings of our life to earn the affections of something from this world, we will find ourselves in the desperation of Leah and the tensions that were in Jacob’s family. Instead, when we make our life about living for the Lord, we find His love has already been given to us before we even produced anything for the Lord. We are loved, taken care of, valued, and protected by the Lord not because we have done anything to earn such things, but because this is the sort of God He is. Be wise then in your choice today on whose love you are going to dedicate your life to having. Know if you make it about finding love and worth from someone or something of this world, you won’t find it and will walk away from your efforts in deeper pain than you are in today. Yet, if you make your life about dwelling in the love and worth that God already has given you, you will find yourself daily discovering His love for you is greater than you ever could imagine. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2836
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