Remember Leah?

 

Remember Leah?

The unfavored one? The unchosen one? 

Jacob loved her younger sister, the beautiful Rachel. He chose her and worked for her father, his uncle Laban, 7 years to win her hand in marriage.

Turned out Uncle Laban was just as much a liar and cheater as Jacob himself was.

And Jacob, the champion cheater, found himself cheated when he was tricked into marrying Leah, not Rachel.

Later, he did marry Rachel also and Leah found herself as the unloved and unwanted wife, competing for Jacob's attention with her more beautiful and desired sister.

But God didn't discount Leah. He saw her and understood her pain. He blessed her and she gave birth to sons for Jacob.

One of these sons, her fourth, she named Judah.

Of the twelve sons of Jacob, known later as the Twelve Tribes of Israel, Judah was the one from which the Messiah came. (See Genesis 49:10)

So among the descendants of the unloved and unwanted Leah came a shepherd boy from Bethlehem named David and a carpenter's son from Nazareth named Jesus.

Leah, unchosen by Jacob, was chosen by God to be a mother in the bloodline of Jesus Himself, the King of Kings!

So when you feel unloved, unwanted, unneeded, inferior to others, remember Leah!

God loves you also, sees you, values you, and has a unique place, unknown to you now, for you in His eternal plans for His-story!  

 

1 Corinthians 1:27-31

"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things...so that no one may boast before Him."