Category: 21

21 “Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.”

 Genesis 29:9

 How humble was this great mother of the nation of Israel that she kept sheep. She was a shepherdess and full of acts of mercy even to the unknown visitor. She faithfully watered the herds of her father, not knowing that it would lead to great love and blessing for her in her life. She was not proud and puffed up that this lowly job would be below her. She did it joyfully and with no thought of compensation or blessing.

 And yet God blessed her faithfulness and joy as she did His will in her life. Let us also rejoice in the lowly tasks that God assigns for us. There are too many who seek acclaim and want to be recognized as leaders and game-changers. God looks for the lowly and lifts them up in His own time that they be not overly taken up with their own ambitions.

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time…”

 1 Peter 5:6

 Rachel was willing to do the bidding of God and tend sheep and even in that low place was lifted by God into the position of the Mother of Israel. It was there she met true love and found the reason for her life, even in the center of the will of God.

 May this also be our position that we do not manoeuvre ourselves into the place of honour, that we are ultimately cast down from, because of self seeking.