Day 11: Girls Devo

Day 11 - Genesis 24:39-44

WORD: Drink

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Rebekah

Genesis 24:39-44

I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’ He said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house; then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’ “So I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful; behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar”; and she will say to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”; let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

Additional Reading:

Genesis 24:45-51

“Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’ So I drank, and she watered the camels also.“I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ “She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ “Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms, and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son. Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.” Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other. Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.”

Observations

So Sarah had Isaac just as God had said she would.  She died and Abraham wanted to make sure Isaac had the proper wife.  He made an oath with his servant to find him a wife for his land.  Oh of this would not be acceptable here in the USA in 2019.  I find it interesting that Rebekah so quickly lowered her jar and offered to water his camels too.  Rebekah was to be part of the line of Jesus.  The promise was give to Abraham and Sarah but also to their generations to follow.  

Ponder this

Are you quick to do what the Lord is asking?  Are you in tune enough to know what the Lord is asking you to do?  Do you trust the Lord to do what he says he will?  Do you have enough patience to wait on the Lord?  

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Use a facial mask

Day 10: Girls Devo

Day 10 - Genesis 24:1-9

WORD: Promise

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Sarah

Genesis 24:1-9

Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way. Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?” Then Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there! The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there. But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there.” So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

Additional Reading:

Genesis 17:16-22

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Observations

I am telling people that I know that God has a good sense of humor.  He has shown me this sense of humor many times.  If God gives a promise he will do it.  Abraham was old but God made Sarah and him a promise that they would be the father and mother of nations.  Abraham and Sarah did not trust the Lord and his promise and took things in their own hands and Ishmael was born to his maidservant.  When he and Sarah waited Isaac was born when humanly it did not seem possible.  Sarah was blessed greatly.  Sarah did have a son, Isaac. Sarah was the mother of nations.  King including Jesus did come from her.  

Ponder this

Are you standing on God's promises?  Are you trust in Him or are you taking things into you own hands?  Are you letting the world tell you the way things should be?  When was the last time you show something happen in your life that only God could explain?

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Get all dressed up for no reason

Day 9: Girls Devo

Day 9 - Genesis 20:9-18

WORD: Twist

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Sarah

Genesis 20:9-18

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.” And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?” Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please.” To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared.” Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children. For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Additional Reading:

Genesis 12:1-8

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. ”So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land. ” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

Observations

Notice Abraham put a twist on his truth to justify his covering up the fact Sarah was his wife, but God did not allow him to get away with it.  He brought it to the surface and Abraham had to met it head on.  And Sarah?  God protected her again.  I wish we knew what Abraham said in his prayer.  What we do know is that God healed Abimelech's household. Sarah submitted to her husband and God was there to protect her.  

Ponder this

Are there times God protect us in spite of our actions?  Are we hiding in half truths?  Are you Submitting the way you should?

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Declutter 3 things from your home

Day 8: Girls Devo

Day 8 - Genesis 20:1-8

WORD: Second

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Sarai / Sarah

Genesis 20:1-8

Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar. Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.” Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless? Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.” Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. Now therefore, restore the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.” So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.

Additional Reading:

Genesis 17:15-21

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.”

Observations 

Yes, you read this right they did it again. And once again God protected Sarah. One difference is their names, otherwise the story is the same. God changed both Abraham and Sarah name as part of the promise to Abraham and Sarah. God was to bless Sarah with a son and she was to be the mother of nations. She was to be of the line of Jesus.  

Ponder this

How have you changed?  Your name, job, church?  Why did you make these changes?  Are you moving forward or just setting still.  Is God prompting you to change?  What is keeping you from moving? 

Just for fun

Do some journaling

Day 7: Girls Devo

Day 7 - Genesis 12:17-20

WORD: Protection

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Sarai

Genesis 12:17-20

But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

Additional Reading:

Psalms 5:11-12

But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Observations

I find it interesting that God protected Sarai even though Abram was thinking of himself and his life. When we as women do as we have been told to do by God he is there to protect us. God loves us and wants His best for us. When we take things in our own hands we tend to mess things up. We can't see the whole picture and how He will protect us but God does see all things. 

Ponder this

Are we trusting God's protection on and in our life?  Do we think we know best?  Are we trusting in ourselves or in God? Do we realize God can see the whole picture?  What are we missing out on because we make our own plans?

Just for fun

Take a nap