22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son (Genesis 30:22-24).
Rachel recognized that God was in control even though her previous actions (and the actions of others) seemed to belay this fact. And isn’t this often the case with us? We want God to act according to our time frame, according to our desires…according to our will. And this is the problem; we often want a god that works according to our will. But a god that works according to our will is no god at all; rather he is, just us. How we sell God short and often our own selves short when we look to human will to be our god. Why not wait on the power of heaven to work things out for His glory and our good?
Rachel recognized that God was in control even though her previous actions (and the actions of others) seemed to belay this fact. And isn’t this often the case with us? We want God to act according to our time frame, according to our desires…according to our will. And this is the problem; we often want a god that works according to our will. But a god that works according to our will is no god at all; rather he is, just us. How we sell God short and often our own selves short when we look to human will to be our god. Why not wait on the power of heaven to work things out for His glory and our good?
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