[Discoveries] 3-22-08 A little bit extra -- Genesis 31:19

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's 
household gods. -- Genesis 31:19*/

Sometimes you just wonder. What was Rachel thinking? I guess she thought 
she needed all the luck she could get.

I have a little rhyme I used to say to my son, "Two plus two equals 
four, seldom less, sometimes more." Here is a situation where addition 
doesn't work. You can't add to God and get more. You only get less.

When we add our efforts to God's, we don't end up ahead, we end up 
behind. God quietly steps out of the way until our own efforts run their 
doomed course.

As Abram stepped out into the unknown, God stepped out with him. He 
wanted to do the same for Rachel, and He wants to do the same for us. 
Whatever "rabbit's foot" we bring along for extra security only puts a 
hole in our defenses.

The Bible doesn't say, but it may be that Rachel clung to these gods for 
another ten to fifteen years until the slaughter at Shechem (Genesis 34 
& 35) threatened to wipe out Jacob's entire family. There, with danger 
all around, she may have finally learned that security only comes from 
the one true God.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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