Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, February 8, 2022
TOPIC: GOD GIVES CHILDREN
TEXT: Genesis 29:31-30:24
Genesis 29:31 to end
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,[b] for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.[c]
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[d]
35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah.[e] Then she stopped having children.
Gen 30:24
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, February 8, 2022
This passage
shows how the Patriarchs were born into the family of Jacob and later became the twelve tribes of Israel.
We also see a lot of family politics
in a polygamous home. God saw the unfortunate position of Leah as Jacob hated
her for the trick her father played on him. Left to Jacob, he would have wished that only his beloved
Rachel should bear him children. Our great God overruled and opened the womb of Leah and closed that of Rachel. Rachel tried visiting her frustration
on her husband by telling him. "Give
me children, or else I die!" but Jacob made her understand that it is God who gives children (Gen. 30:1 -2).
The issue of
children or sometimes, male children, has torn many families apart. Some families have blamed it on the
woman and sometimes persuaded
the man to marry another wife. Some men have yielded to this pressure even after the wedding. Some women have
gone to some unholy places and
taken some unholy actions to solve this problem. Some who were patient and waited upon God have given
genuine testimonies of God's
interventions in their cases. Are you in this situation, still patiently look unto God! At the right time, I le will
intervene and give you children that
will be a blessing to your family (Psalm 127:3-5).
Prayer: Dear Father,
you intervened in the situation of Sarah and Abraham,
may you do so for families waiting on you for children in Jesus' name. Amen.
