Jim's Devotional - October 17th

October 17th

Jesus is most often depicted as a Lamb. “Behold the Lamb of God”, John 1:36. “Lamb without spot”, 1st Peter 1:19.

There is an interesting event that happened in the book of Genesis concerning Jacob, Laban, Rachel and Leah. Jacob wanted to marry Laban’s daughter, Rachel. He made an agreement with Laban to serve him for seven years for Rachel. After seven years of serving, Jacob went to Laban to get his bride. A great feast was given, and Jacob had too much to drink. Laban tricked him and gave him Leah instead. The next morning, when Jacob discovered the trickery, he was furious. Laban’s explanation was that Leah was the older of the two and he couldn’t allow his younger child (Rachel) to be married before his older. Jacob then agreed to marry Rachel and then serve seven more years.

Here's the teaching for us in this story. Rachel means Lamb and Leah means weary. When we serve or work to get the Lamb (Jesus) all we get is weary. We are to “marry” Jesus and then work, just as Jacob did after he married Rachel.