Week 22 Devo – WEDNESDAY
Leah was in such a difficult position. She was married to a man who did not love her – a man who despised her most likely because of the deception she had been part of. And to make matters worse, her husband was also married to her sister, the one he truly and openly loved, and the two would become bitter rivals (Genesis 30:1, 6, 8, 15).
We should not gloss over Leah’s pain here – a deep pain produced by sin, particularly Laban’s and Jacob’s. We need to remember that sin always has consequences – in our lives and the lives of others. But we shouldn’t miss what God brought through Leah’s adversity; the beauty He brought from the ashes. Leah’s sons were part of the nation God built. Levi would be the one from whom the priests would come. And Judah, his kingly line would be the one from which the Savior of the world would come. Trials and pain often push us away from God, and the tragedy is that when they do, we can miss the beauty of God’s work as they happen.