Jacob’s Plenty Is Empty

Let us muse today from Genesis chapters 29-31 and the fact that Jacob got plenty, but he left empty. Jacob’s greatest object of love became his greatest object of detest, because Rachel was barren. In 29:32-34 Leah’s love is rejected and Rachel’s love is detested. In chapter 31:1-35, Jacob becomes very rich with children and possessions, but felt so empty. Deception when unconfessed leaves us so empty. Jacob is left with this idea as he goes home “he got what he wanted, but lost all he had”. Be careful of things we have to struggle to get or keep up. You can rest assured our personal manipulation got them and not His providential manifestation.