A friend of mine posted a quote on Facebook recently:
"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."~Steven Furtick
I can totally identify with that personally, and our reading today seemed to say the same thing when we look at the rivalry between Leah and Rachel. Jacob loved Rachel so much that he worked seven years to earn the right to marry her. Then, after all his work, her father tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister Leah. (Jacob, the deceiver, finally got a taste of his own medicine.) But, because he loved Rachel, he agreed to work another 7 years for her. She had his love...he was willing to work 14 years for her. Yet, when Leah was having all those kids, Rachel got jealous and started handing off her servant to have children with Jacob for her! She didn't have to earn his love that way...she already had it! She was so worried about all the sons that Leah was having, instead of focusing on her husband who loved her regardless.
My study notes brought up a great point about all this...Rachel was trying to earn the unearnable. Many times we try to do the same with God's love. God already loves us, and there's nothing we can do to earn it.
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