Have you ever heard what goes around come around? Well it sure does! Jacob had cheated and deceived to get both the birth right and the blessing. And now he is in Haran and he has agreed to work for seven years to be able to marry Rachael. But at the end of the seven years Laban tricked and deceived him and gave him Leah instead of Rachael. Now Rachael was pretty, but Leah wasn't as lovely. It was customary for the eldest daughter to marry first. So when Rachael was betrothed to Jacob, Leah new that she would have seven years to find a man and marry him, or she would be disgraced as an elder sister that was an old maid, and in those days, that was really bad.
Seven long years went by and no man showed interest in her, and it was time for her sister to be married as promised. And her dad tricked Jacob into marrying her instead of Rachael. Can you imagine how terrible it would be to know that no one wanted you. That the only way you got married was that your dad had to trick some guy into marrying you. Oh, that must have been horrible. The next morning when Jacob realized what happened, he started complaining. Wow. Imagine your husband complaining the next day after you wedding wanting to return you! I want you to understand the pain, the sorrow, the utter rejection that Leah felt. Leah said, "I am hated." "I am unloved" Have you ever felt this way? Just because someone else could not see the beauty of Leah's life, doesn't mean it wasn't there!
What happens when we are mistreated? What happens when we are unloved? What happens when others reject and hurt us without having a real reason to do so? The bible says this is what happened!
Genesis 29:31 31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
I know the pain of rejection! I know the pain of being unloved! I know the pain of being despised and hated for no good reason! I know there are many of you today that you also know these hurts and pains in your life. It is easy to get bitter and feel pathetic...but there is no injustice, no harm, no insult, no misunderstanding that you have suffered that God has not come along in some way and favored you! You see the quickest way to get the compassion and mercy of God upon your life is when you are hated and despised and treated unfairly by others.
Do you understand that if you have suffered the pain of rejection and hatred and suffered in this life like Leah suffered that you are the TOP candidate for God to bless. But if we react with hatred, bitterness, revenge and evil speech and actions towards those that have hurt us then we have hurt back, we have been just as wicked and guilty as those that have hurt us, and there will be no blessing in that.
I'm here to tell you today that if you have felt unloved, unwanted, undesirable, abused, neglected...forgive and put your life in the hand of God! He will have compassion and favor and mercy upon you and turn and give you a blessing.
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