"God “will repay each person according to what they have done" - Romans 2:6 (NIV).
Have you ever been done badly in life? Maybe by someone close, though not necessarily so. While this should not be a consolation, the fact is, lots of people have been done poorly. How they responded is often the key to their success. More important, there is a God who sees any injustice meted out on His people and has the final key.
Jacob was one person who was done poorly in life. After his mother Rebekah sent him back home as his brother Esau had swore to kill him for cheating on him and taking his blessings as a first born (Genesis 27:41- 20) there he met and fell in love with Rachael. After he made his intentions clear what would have been an instant approval as once happened for his mother, Jacob was tasked by his uncle Laban to work for his bride for seven years. "So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her" (Genesis 29:20).
But do you know, after he had fulfilled his bargain and anxiously waited, Laban, all of a sudden changed goal posts. Tasked, Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one. Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work" (vv 26-27).
Even when he carried through still Laban was hesitant, prompting him to leave without notice. Laban pursued him. When he caught up with him, Jacob finally vented, "I have been with you for twenty years now...But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you" (Genesis 31: 38-42)!
For all his mistreatment God had blessed Jacob with a large family and was rich with livestock. But what is your situation! It might not be exactly similar, but if there is someone who was done you badly, keep the faith, God will redeem you.
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, where I am done poorly, may I look to you, for you are a just God who redeems His own, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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23/04/2024 - 24/04/2024 All day“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31)
There are many instances we find in the scriptures where God came and told a person, “I will come!” It was quite difficult to comprehend then and the waiting took a bit of time, but the Lord came through.
We find so in Gen 18:10, how the Lord spoke to Abraham, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” And surely at the right time the Lord came through.
The prophet Isaiah did long before the birth of Christ prophecy, “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (9:6-7).
Well, it took a bit of time; but it surely came to pass. There is here a remarkable fact about knowing God which none of us should ever lose sight of. As He once spoke through the prophet Balam, “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” ( Numbers 23:19).There is a world of difference between God and man! If He has promised; He will fulfill. The Lord’s “Yes” is truly “Yes;” and His “No,” quite frankly, “No! “ Listen to God. If He has said, “I will come”, just wait, for as with the prophets, the Lord is not in the business of falling back on His own word!
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, as you word says, you are not a human that you should lie, and for this, I hold on to your promises over my life, as I wait on you, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
