Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 8 February 2022
TOPIC: God Gives Children
TEXT: Genesis 29:31-30:24(NKJV)
STUDY: This passage shows how the Patriarchs were born into the family of Jacob
and later became the twelve tribes of Israel. We also see a lot of family politics in a polygamous home. God saw the unfortunate position of Leah as Jacob hated her for the trick her father played on him. Left to Jacob, he would have wished that only his beloved Rachel should bear him children.
Our great God overruled and opened the womb of Leah and closed that of
Rachel. Rachel tried visiting her frustration on her husband by telling him, Give me children, or else I die!” but Jacob made her to understand that it is God who gives children (Gen. 30:1-2).
The issue of children or sometimes, male children, has torn many families apart. Some families have blamed it on the woman and sometimes persuaded the man to marry another wife. Some men have yielded to this pressure even after wedding. Some women have gone to some unholy places and taken some unholy actions to solve this problem.
Some who were patient and waited upon God have given genuine testimonies of God’s interventions in their cases. Are you in this situation, still patiently look unto God! At the right time, He will intervene and give you children that will be a blessing to your family (Psalm 127:3-5).
PRAYER: Prayer: Dear Father, you intervened in the situation of Sarah and Abraham, may you do so for families waiting on you for children in Jesus” name. Amen.
Daily Fountain Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 16:13: “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
