Seize the Moment – Day 415
Trust God to Keep His Word!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, May 6.
Have you ever wondered what motivates people to do what they do?
In a previous episode of the patriarch’s soap opera, we watched Isaac unknowingly bless Jacob because of Rebekah’s plot of deception to put her favored son ahead of Esau. They were discovered quickly and Esau was very angry at Jacob, dangerously so.
When confronted, would their mother change her ways of plotting and deceiving?
Rebekah doesn’t, rather, she protected Jacob from his angry brother by sending him off to find a wife back in her homeland, far away from danger.
The episode ends with a smile on Rebekah’s face as Isaac blesses Jacob before he departs. From Genesis 28:3-4,
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.
In Rebekah’s eyes, her mission was accomplished! What was her motivation to do this?
A flashback scene from Rebekah’s difficult pregnancy gives us the answer to this question. She was in great turmoil and inquired of the Lord in Genesis 25:23, “The Lord said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb; and two peoples will be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other; and the older shall serve the younger.’”
Rebekah was motivated by God’s prophecy that Jacob would rule over Esau and worked to see the Word of God fulfilled in her family. Her meddling and deception was motivated by a noble desire to see God’s will fulfilled, but what a mess she caused in trying to help God do His job.
Seize the moment and trust God to keep His Word in His time and in His ways.