February 4, 2014 What's True

What’s True

Genesis 30

Gen 30:1- 2 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I'll die!” 2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

NOTICE the title of this meditation is not “What’s true?” I’m not asking a question because I know what’s true, and I pray you do, too.

      What’s true is that God is Lord of all creation, and we are not. You might think that’s an obvious statement. But it’s not our nature to know that. It wasn’t true to Rachel some 3,000 years ago when she blamed her husband for her barren womb. AS Jacob cried out, “Am I in the place of God?” he certainly recognized he was not God, but we think we are.

      What’s true is that we live in a world constantly questioning God’s Word with no desire to find what’s true in God’s Word. Yes, it’s good to question, “What is true God?” But tragically we really don’t want to know. Our desire is to be our own god as we say, “Let us define what is true about God.”

      Jacob’s life of unrelenting conflict stems from this self-glorifying truth. His mother Rebekah’s truth was to have Jacob illegitimately receive Isaac’s blessing. Esau’s truth was to try to kill Jacob. Laban’s truth was to get Leah married first. Rachel’s truth was to get pregnant in “her way’. Leah and Rachel’s truth was to see which household could have more children. Jacob’s truth was to plot to form the new lambs to be his.

      What does God to with our self-seeking “truth”? The truth is, He uses it to bring glory to his name. He redeems the mess with his power, in his grace and by his love to pull people to be true in Him.

LIFE Link: Give up your own truth and be true to God’s loving words for your life.