Got in a walk, and a trip to the pool yesterday. I hope to get to the gym today. Weight continues to climb ... gotta start tracking what I'm eating in my pocket PC diet program again. I'm obviously miss-judging something!
I was reading in Genesis 31. Jacob had slipped away with his wives & children, without telling his dad-in-law, Laban, what he was doing. Laban caught up with them, and asked Jacob why he hadn't made it known that they were leaving. Jacob replies that, "I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force." (v. 31).
Laban was also angry because, as they were leaving, someone (Rachel) had stolen the idols from his house. Jacob didn't know this, and told Laban that, "The one with whom you find your gods shall not live;" (v. 32).
It's interesting that, in trying to protect the person dearest to him, Jacob actually put her in jeaopardy.
However, Rachel lies, Laban doesn't find the idols, and they continue on their way.
And it doesn't appear that any of them ever realize the danger ... Jacob never knows Rachel took the idols, and Rachel never knows Jacob made the pledge to kill the person who stole them.
So ... with all the effort Jacob made to protect Rachel ... it was really God who was preserving their lives, from dangers they weren't even aware of, and despite her theivery and reliance on other gods!
Kinda like me really ... He takes care of so many things I'm never aware of, even though I so often put my trust in others rather than Him!
Have a good weekend everyone!
Trinka
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- Trinka
- The most important thing about me isn't about me at all. It's about God. Though He is perfectly holy, and I had no hopes of being so, He loved me (and you!). There had to be punishment for sin – justice had to be satisfied. So God sent His own Son, Jesus Christ, who lived a sinless life Himself, and died to pay the penalty for sin. Because of that sacrifice, I can be right with God. And so can you … and so can anyone who will cease trusting in their own goodness -- but rather acknowledge that they have none, and trust in Jesus Christ’s sacrifice instead. The less interesting things about me are: I am the office manager for the church I attend and also have a small business re-binding books & Bibles. I’m in the process of overcoming the horror of school gym classes, and learning to think of exercise as a “good thing” rather than an exercise in public humiliation. I love being outdoors, particularly when Michigan allows a person to be outside without the danger of frostbite. (that would be “July”)
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Unfortunately, though, it did eventually catch up with Rachel. God honors the spoken word of His prophets, and, in many ways, Israel's forefathers also served in that role of prophet - especially Abraham. Who's to say she wouldn't have lived longer had she not pulled that stunt?
God will only intervene and interfere with the courses we set so much. He has never taken the gift of freewill away from any of us, and He does honor and uphold what we choose. A good example of this is Joshua 9, where Joshua makes a covenant with the very people he was supposed to destroy to take possession of the land. He didn't seek counsel from the Lord and then had to honor the covenant made on behalf of the children of Israel not to touch or do harm to the Gibeonites but keep them as their servants in the land they were ordained to possess. Even a hundreds of years later, David had to deal with that covenant (see 2 Samuel 21). God upheld it - even though He didn't have any say in the children of Israel making it.
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