11/27/2006
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Rebekah: deception (Eavesdropping (v 5)
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Genesis 27:5
Message of the verse: “5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.” (KJV)
It is not know for sure that Rebekah made a habit of eavesdropping but verse 42 along with verse 5 shows some sort of a pattern. I must confess that for a long time I had though what Rebekah was doing was right, however I now think very differently, because what she was doing was scheming, and scheming is not done by faith in trusting the Lord to work it out, but taking matters into your own hands and working them out so you will benefit. Dr. Wiersbe says this on the matter of scheming and faith: “Remember, faith is living without scheming; and faith means obeying God no matter how we feel, what we think, or what might happen. The obedience of faith was the secret of Abraham’s life (Heb. 11:8), but the absence of obedient faith brought trouble to the home of Isaac and Rebekah.”
In conclusion it was wrong for Rebekah to be eavesdropping on the conversation between Esau and Isaac, and probably should have been speaking to Isaac about the promises that God had given to them as a family, and accepted them and went on with life trusting that God never makes any mistakes.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I will have to admit that there are times when I hear some of my wife’s conversations on the phone because I can just hear them, but am not listening in on them and sometimes I give some advice to her while she is talking on the phone to which she gets mad at me about it. She probably has a right to get mad about it too.
The Word of God has been convicting to my heart as I read and studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today: To trust the Lord to continue to teach me contentment, and to direct my path and to also not to scheme, but to trust the Lord.
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