You Know That Situation You're In...What's it really About??

I've decided to read through the Bible in a year.  (When those of you who know me are done chuckling please continue reading.)

I'm more of a "ponderer" than a "reader", so I'm not really expecting to finish the Bible in a year.  I'm thinking it will be more like five years.  Seriously.  Here's why...

I can't help having to stop and think about what I'm reading about.  My first day in and I about had a hallujah breakdown party for 30 minutes over this one passage of scripture:

Genesis 25:21-2 (ESV)

21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?”[a] So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you[b] shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other,  the older shall serve the younger.”

24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 

Now, there are many things we could ponder from this passage of scripture, but what hooked me in the moment was the reality of what was happening within Rebekah.

She's pregnant, and there is major activity happening in her womb.

Her first thought is, "what on God's green earth is going on in my belly?!"

Her second thought is to ask God about it.  Jeesh.  That's brilliant.

What's beautiful about it to me, is she asks....and He answers.

And guess what?!  Here's another thing that's beautiful.  We can still do that.  We can inquire of the Lord, and He will answer us.

If this was a modern day scenario, we all know what we would do, we would get an ultrasound.  The ultrasound would (if accurate) tell us truth...but not the whole truth.  We would know that there were twins, and that they were active, but we wouldn't know this...

“Two nations are in your womb,    and two peoples from within you[b] shall be divided;the one shall be stronger than the other,    the older shall serve the younger.”

How much insight might God give us into a situation, if we would only stop and ask?

I needed desperately to be reminded of this.  How He longs to lead us down this path of life if we will just , remember Him, Turn to Him, and Inquire of Him.

Give the ONE who created you an opportunity to speak into your situation.

Today.  All day.  Everyday.