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Dreams?

 For 2021, I am reading through the Bible with the Bible Project-Biblical Storyline Reading Plan on the YouVersion App. This devotional will follow along with the daily reading.

The reading for January 10 is: Genesis 30-31

We might think that Jacob cheated Laban, but Jacob tells Laban that he wants to go to his own country in Genesis 30:26. Laban responds  by telling Jacob that Laban practiced a divination ritual and decided that the Lord has been blessing Laban through Jacob. Laban expects Jacob to stay and keep blessing Laban. So, Jacob tricked Laban, but only after Laban refused Jacob's request to let him go.

Meanwhile, we find that not only were Laban's sons less than pleased with the whole arrangement, but Leah and Rachel are also ready to go. Jacob credits God with keeping Jacob from being harmed by Laban in Genesis 31:7. Jacob says that the angel of God told Jacob in a dream how to cause the striped, speckled, and mottled goats to mate. So, Jacob, Leah and Rachel all agree to do whatever God has told Jacob (Gen 31:16).

If this whole turn of events were not in the Bible, would we think that this is how God works? Do we believe that God works through circumstances like these? No matter how strange your life seems, do you look for God there? Do you trust that He has been at work all along?   

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