Day 12

Genesis 27-29

There is a lot of craziness that goes on this passage. I almost wanted to skip it because I know the stories so well, but instead decided to focus on finding a part of the story I might have missed before.

I had forgotten about how when Jacob reached his Uncles place, and found some shepherds waiting to water their sheep, he asked them why they hadn’t watered the sheep yet, and they said the stone covering the well was much too heavy, they had to wait for more shepherds to come and help. But then Rachel started coming towards them, and I guess because he wanted to impress, and God gave him the ability to, Jacob moved the stone all by himself! Too much testosterone if you ask me..haha.

“So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.”

Question: Find yourself in one of the characters. What do you hear God saying to you through him or her? I think most about Rachel, and how special she must have felt knowing that this guy was going to work 7 years in order to marry her. God must have been whispering encouragement for her when the time seemed to go by so slow. Then again, the Bible doesn’t say if she loved him back, but during those days, I don’t think love was always a necessary prerequisite to marriage.

Psalm 11

“But God hasn’t moved to the mountains, his holy address hasn’t changed. He’s in charge, as always, his eyes taking everything in, his eyelids unblinking, examining Adam’s unruly brood.”

Unruly brood = disorderly children. And isn’t that what we are? The disorderly children of Adam. Sinners. Disruptive, chaotic, all turned around kids. But He’s in charge, ah, comfort.

Question: What is true in your life because God is like this? It reminds us that there is not a place in this world where God isn’t present. We are told to run to the mountains in the end times, and David is saying here, why? Did God move to the mountains? And he reminds us that God has never moved. He stays where he has always been, which is, everywhere.