𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟲-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

 

𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟲-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟵:𝟯𝟭 𝗞𝗝𝗩 — "𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗯: 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻."

This verse is a picture of and a masterclass in GRACE.

God opened Leah's womb not because she was lovable. Jacob hated her. He did not choose her. He did not want her. There was nothing in Leah that deserved God's favor.

God opened Leah's womb not because she deserved it. She had done nothing to earn this blessing. She was simply the unloved wife, the second choice, the one no one wanted.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭: 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄—𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀.
→ "And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren." (Genesis 29:31 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟮: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀.
→ "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟯: 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
→ "O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off." (Psalm 139:1-2 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟰: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀.
→ "I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble." (Psalm 142:1-2 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟱: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁. 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻.
→ "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39 KJV)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂