Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 31: 41-42
MEDITATION
Genesis 31:41-42
41 Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Twenty years of very hard work
a. Fourteen years for the hands of Leah and Rachel.
b. Six years for the flocks that Jacob would make his own.
2. Changing of wages
a. Laban had changed the agreement of wages ten times.
b. This reflected on Jacob very badly.
3. The God that Jacob believed in and worshipped
a. He was called the God of Abraham.
b. He was called the Fear of Isaac.
Isaac had every reason to practise the Fear of the LORD in his life.
4. The role that God had played
a. He had been with Jacob.
b. He had obviously protected him faithfully.
5. Awareness of what Laban would have done
a. He would have sent Jacob away empty-handed.
b. His twenty years of difficult labour would have yielded nothing.
6. Reference to God’s appearance to Laban the night before
a. God was protecting Jacob.
b. He was vindicating him after having seen all his afflictions.
c. He knew that Laban had done wrong and thus He had appeared to rebuke him!
经文：创世记 31：41-42
沉思
《创世记31：41-42》
41 我这二十年在你家里，为你的两个女儿服侍你十四年，为你的羊群服侍你六年，你又十次改了我的工价。42 若不是我父亲以撒所敬畏的神，就是亚伯拉罕的神与我同在，你如今必定打发我空手而去。神看见我的苦情和我的劳碌，就在昨夜责备你。”