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 Let's hear the word of the Lord. Genesis chapter 29 verse 31 to 35.

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! When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb.

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! But Rachel was barren, and Leah conceived and bore a son.

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 And she called his name Reuben.

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 For she said, Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me.

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 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated,

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 he has given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon.

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 Again, she conceived and bore a son, and said, Now, this time my husband will be attached to me.

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 Because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.

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 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, This time I will praise the Lord.

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 Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Praise be to God. Thank you, Joe. Please take a seat.

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 So we continue through the book of Genesis.

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 And this story is getting juicier and juicier as it goes.

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 This is the historical breakdown of what happens to this family, from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob.

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 And honestly, it's been nothing but messy, plus messy, plus messy.

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 Christina and I, we love watching TV shows, after we've read the Bible, of course.

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 Maybe our favorite one more recently is called Slow Horses.

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 Has anyone watched Slow Horses on Apple TV?

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 It's a very dry, British kind of TV show.

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 Another one we've watched is The Pits, that we watched with Sarah while she was hanging out with us as well.

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 That's also good.

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 And as I was reading this journey that this family goes on, I can't help but imagine that this is just a TV show about a dysfunctional, ancient family.

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 It just, actually, if I've never been more convinced right now as looking at this, that God's perfect plan works through imperfect people.

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 Works through all the dysfunction.

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 Works through all the mess.

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 And yet here we are, still recipients of grace.

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 Recipients of the blessing.

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 And let me just rewind your mind a little bit about this guy called Jacob.

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 He steals his older brother's blessing.

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 Okay, remember, he mocks his dad and says, oh, I am Esau.

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 And then he says, the Lord your God blessed me to go and get this very quickly, so it is me.

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 Last week, though, Gabe shows us a little bit of a turnaround.

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 The turnaround here is that actually, Jacob goes from saying, this is the Lord your God, Dad, to now, this is the Lord my God.

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 But he encounters God himself in the dream.

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 And, of course, he doesn't do anything to deserve this.

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 He is still just as messed up.

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 He's running away from his older brother because he stole his blessing and because his older brother wants to kill him.

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 So his mom, who has been plotting with him, sends him away to uncle.

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 And on the way to uncle, he has this dream and he encounters God.

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 And he's like, surely, surely, chapter 28, verse 16, surely the Lord is in this place.

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 And I did not know it.

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 Wow, God has been with me.

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 I just wasn't aware of it.

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 And then he carries on later.

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 Then the Lord shall be my God.

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 No longer my dad's God.

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 He is now my God.

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 And just when we think, oh, maybe the TV show can end here in the happily ever after, it does not.

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 Even though he encounters God, even though he declares this is my God now, he still goes on a journey.

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 And we unravel a really interesting part of the story.

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 I've had Joe read a little bit of it because we're actually going to go through 29 and 30.

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 So we're going to fly through this story, which is why I didn't ask him to read all of it.

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 But let me set the scene.

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 So he runs from his brother.

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 He heads towards Uncle Laban.

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 He sits at a well, still figuring out his life.

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 Remember, at this point, he doesn't know this, but he's never going to see his mom again because of the deceit that they started.

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 And he sits at a well.

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 And then when he sits at a well, he sees a group of shepherds come over.

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 These shepherds are here to hang out and wait for more shepherds to come.

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 When the more shepherds come at this well, there's a big rock covering the well that they need the water to.

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 So, but custom and tradition dictates that they wait for everyone to come together.

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 They push the rock out together.

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 And so they all have access to the water together.

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 So it's fair.

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 So he's sat there waiting and he talks to these guys.

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 And this is where chapter nine, if you're following in scripture, you can follow me here.

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 He says this, verse four.

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 My brothers, where do you come from?

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 They said, we are from Haran.

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 He said, oh, I know someone from Haran.

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 Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?

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 They said, we know him.

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 He said, is it well with him?

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 Is he doing okay?

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 They said, it is well.

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 See, Rachel, his daughter is coming with the sheep.

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 So you call it coincidence, but we call it here that God is continually paving the way for this deceiver, this messed up deceiver.

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 God keeps pouring out blessing.

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 It doesn't seem fair, but this is how God works with all of us.

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 And so they say, yeah, Laban's doing all right.

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 Oh, there's his daughter coming.

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 As soon as Jacob sees Rachel from afar, it is love at first sight.

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 He sees her from afar and actually he tries to get rid of them.

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 He's like, hey, haven't you guys got jobs to do?

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 Go, go, do something.

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 And so he wants to hang out with them.

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 And verse nine, while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

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 Now, as soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock.

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 He's showing off.

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 So they're supposed to wait for everyone to come and move the rock together.

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 The moment he sees the girl, he's like, guys, stand to the side.

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 I will push this rock myself.

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 Do you not know that I do high rocks?

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 And so I pushed the rock myself.

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 Look how strong I am, Rachel.

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 Fall in love with me now, please.

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 And so he tries to impress her and he's very excited to see her.

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 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud because he realized, I am so messed up.

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 I've just lost my family.

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 And how good is it that I'm sat at this random well in the middle of the day.

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 And yet God would send me a relative.

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 God would send me family.

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 And he's relieved to the point where he's so excited.

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 And Jacob then tells Rachel that her father's kinsman, actually, they're related, that he was Rebecca's son.

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 And she ran and told her father.

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 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house.

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 Jacob told Laban all these things.

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 So he breaks down to Uncle Laban.

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 This is exactly what happened.

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 Now, he's a deceiver, remember.

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 So I'm not here under any delusions that he's telling the full accurate story of what happened.

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 He's probably putting himself in a decent light here.

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 But Laban is very, very excited to see him.

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 And Laban said to him, surely you are my bone and my flesh.

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 You are my family now.

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 Pause.

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 Just before you think that Laban is a good guy, we need to remember who Laban was.

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 Actually, Laban is super excited about seeing Jacob because it wasn't that long ago when he met another servant a few chapters before where Isaac sends his servant out to find his son Jacob's wife.

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 Sorry, Abraham, Isaac.

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 And so that's when he meets Rebecca, when the servant meets Rebecca.

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 Do you remember that?

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 And actually, Laban gets really rich from that interaction.

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 What happens is in order to get Rebecca's hand, they pay a dowry and actually get lots of ornaments.

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 And so Laban gets very, very rich from this.

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 And so he sat, suddenly hears from Rachel that that family has come again, that rich family has come again.

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 And what do you think he's doing?

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 He's licking his lips.

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 He's like, here we go again.

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 And so he goes out, greets him, and he says, you are my family.

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 Come and join me.

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 And you know straight away that something is wrong because straight afterwards, verse 15, when Laban said to Jacob, because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing?

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 He hears the story about Jacob and he realizes something.

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 He's like, okay, I probably stand a chance to get rich from this again.

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 But this guy, he's just ran it from his family and he actually doesn't have much money.

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 How can I take advantage of this situation?

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 I know.

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 I'll bring him into my family and I'll make him work for me.

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 And so then what he says is, tell me, what shall your wages be?

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 Very quickly, without anyone realizing, Jacob turns from family to servant.

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 Turns from someone who was supposed to be bone and flesh to suddenly, I will pay you and you'll work for me.

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 You will become mine.

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 I will own you and you will work for me.

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 Isn't this what happens when we go out and chase things and take matters into our own hands?

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 Because very quickly, things can turn on us.

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 And we turn from something that we think will complete us, but then owns us and corrupts us and turns us into servants instead.

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 He knows he doesn't have money, but he does know.

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 Remember at this point now, verse 14 tells us, Jacob stays with Laban for a month.

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 And he sees, Laban sees that Jacob is smitten over his daughter, Rachel.

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 So he's like, look, how can I pay you?

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 And so what happens, they come into an arrangement.

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 Now, Laban had two daughters.

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 The name of the older was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

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 It's a really interesting way to describe two sisters.

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 Leah's eyes were weak.

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 People don't really truly know what that means, but it may be means that she has poor eyesight.

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 But on the whole, we can just take from this that she just wasn't the prettier one out of the two.

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 Just like how my brother is not the prettier one out of the two of I, what we see here is a very similar thing.

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 And that's easily understood for you guys.

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 But Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

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 She was not only good looking, she was actually attractive, sexually attractive.

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 And so Laban knows what he's doing.

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 And so he asked Jacob, well, how can I pay you?

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 And then Jacob here says, well, I love Rachel.

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 I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter, Rachel.

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 Bearing in mind, that's a lot of money.

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 The average would have been one to two years, but he loved her so much.

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 I will be willing to stay for seven years to work for you in order for me to be able to marry your daughter.

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 Laban says, well, it's better that I give it to you than to anyone else.

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 So, OK, stay with me.

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 And so Jacob stays for seven years.

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 And this is so romantic, verse 20.

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 And they seem to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

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 And then it comes to the wedding night.

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 It comes to the wedding night.

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 They have a big festival.

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 They have a lot of fun.

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 And from there, it's time to give his daughter to Jacob.

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 But instead of giving him Rachel, he gives him Leah.

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 Jacob doesn't realize because they've spent a whole week celebrating.

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 It's pretty dark.

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 He's pretty drunk.

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 So he gets given Leah.

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 He doesn't know it until he wakes up the next morning.

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 And verse 25, it says this.

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 Can you see how much of a TV show this is?

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 And it's Jacob said to Laban, what is this you have done to me?

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 Did I not serve you with you for Rachel?

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 Why then have you deceived me?

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 Oh, the irony in all of this.

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 The deceiver is deceived.

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 And the deceiver is outraged that he was deceived.

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 The audience just sits and goes, serves you right.

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 What comes around, God goes around, comes around.

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 Laban is a very smart man.

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 He says this, verse 26.

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 It is not so done in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.

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 Remember, he knows what Jacob did.

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 He knows that Jacob stole the blessing from his firstborn.

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 So he's kind of going to him, Jacob, Jacob.

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 You know what I did here.

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 You know what this is about.

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 Don't you start telling me about deception.

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 Don't you start telling me about firstborn.

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 You know what's happened here.

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 Jacob knows this.

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 And so he says, fine.

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 So actually, Laban then says, complete the week of this one.

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 And then we will give you the other in return for another seven years.

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 So what turned out to be just trying to marry one person, he has to give up 14 years in order to be able to marry both of them.

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 Just in case you're wondering, if you're not familiar with the Bible, you're like, wait, does the Bible condone people, polygamy?

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 Does the Bible condone this kind of deception?

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 Does the Bible condone marrying two sisters?

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 The answer is no.

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 It is simply just documenting history here.

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 And actually, if you were to look at this, you will be able to see and deduce very quickly that marrying more than one wife, especially if they are sisters, is a terrible, terrible idea.

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 No one should do this.

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 I don't know why you want more than one wife.

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 Here he has two, and he chooses sisters.

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 And for the rest of his life, I can tell you he is going to be in pain.

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 So just a side note here.

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 But here's where the main topic that I'm going to focus on today is verse 30.

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 So Jacob went into Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah and served Laban for another seven years.

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 14 years he gives his life, and now we reach the passage that Joe read for us.

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 When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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 There are 12 tribes of Israel.

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 What we're about to see is how this came about, how the 12 children came.

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 And I wish I could tell you it was through prayer and meditation and devotion and holiness.

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 No, it is from complete chaos, dysfunction, envy, and mess.

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 St. Augustine talks about this idea of disordered loves.

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 You look at the problems in the world right now, it's because we have disordered loves.

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 We've put things in the wrong place.

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 We have prioritized the wrong things.

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 God tells us to love him and only him, but we prioritize all these other things,

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 and we have all these disordered loves that come in, and now we have the consequence that we have in this world.

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 So those disordered loves we can see here, and I'm going to use another term here, which is just misplaced desire.

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 When you desire the wrong thing, this is what comes about.

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 When you desire the wrong thing, when you yearn for the wrong thing, this is what happens.

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 What is that called?

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 It's called idolatry.

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 Which now to a Chinese culture is quite a familiar word.

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 It's like, well, don't have statues in your house.

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 Don't kind of, just don't worship all these other things.

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 But actually, idolatry, yes, is those things, but it is actually way more.

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 An idol is something that just isn't God.

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 It's something that you put all your attention and your focus and your worth on.

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 Tim Keller says, your idol, if you want to find out what your idol is, wherever your mind wanders to aimlessly, that's your idol.

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 The thing that your mind wanders to when you have a moment of space just to reflect and just to think.

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 What are you most consumed by?

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 Is it a relationship?

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 Is it the stock market?

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 Is it your job?

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 Is it your social life?

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 What is it?

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 We all have these idols.

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 John Calvin says, the human heart is a factory of idols.

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 We can't help but desire.

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 We can't help but want.

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 But it's those misplaced desires that cause us problems.

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 And what you find here is misplaced desires all over.

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 Laban has a misplaced desire because all he wants is profit and personal gain.

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 Jacob's misplaced desire is now he's found all his hope in this one woman.

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 Leah and Rachel is what we're going to study a little bit more today.

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 You see that they also have their misplaced desires.

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 Here's the problem when you have misplaced desires.

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 You put all your hope in one thing, hoping that you're going to get satisfaction and contentment from it.

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 But actually very soon it turns against you.

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 Tim Keller has this thing that when he's talking about this passage, he says,

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 you go to bed with Leah.

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 You go to bed thinking that it's Rachel, but you wake up in the morning and it's Leah.

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 And he asks the question to all of us is, what are the things that we go to bed with,

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 that we put all our hope in, thinking that it will be perfect for us,

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 thinking that it will bring us complete and utter satisfaction,

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 thinking that it's Rachel, but we wake up and actually it's quite the opposite.

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 It's not what we expected.

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 It's not what we wanted.

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 But before you know it, you've made decisions and you've gone down this slippery slope

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 and you know where you want to be.

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 You thought it was Rachel, but it turned out to be Leah.

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 Misplaced desires is what we're going to focus on today.

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 Verse 31, when the Lord saw that Leah was hated,

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 unloved is another translation, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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 It's really interesting.

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 This covenant family that was going to bless nations.

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 Every generation there seems to be infertility.

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 Almost just to show us that it's not going to be them that is going to do it.

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 It's only going to be God that does it.

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 It's only going to be God who opens the womb.

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 It seems to be God's MO also,

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 that he seems to choose those who are despised and rejected and unloved.

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 He seems to choose those.

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 And so he sees late Leah.

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 He opens her womb and Rachel was barren.

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 And Leah conceives her first son and called his name Reuben,

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 because the Lord has looked upon my affliction.

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 For now my husband will love me.

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 It's interesting.

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 So she has a baby.

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 And yet what she really wants is her husband's affection.

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 So she's like, finally.

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 I mean, this is easy for us to identify,

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 because I think there's traits of this even now in modern society.

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 But especially back then in the ancient world,

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 a woman's sole purpose is to bear children.

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 That is it.

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 If you don't bear children, you are ashamed of the family.

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 So for her and for Rachel, there's this race now to have babies.

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 And so Leah starts off first.

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 It's 1-0 to Leah.

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 She has a baby.

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 She hopes that this baby brings her husband's love.

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 It does not.

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 She conceives again and bores a son.

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 2-0.

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 Because the Lord has heard that I am hated.

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 He has given me the son also.

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 And just before halftime, she called his name Simeon.

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 Again, she conceived and bore another son.

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 And this time my husband will be attached to me,

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 because it is now 3-0 to Leah.

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 She's like, I'm good.

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 I'm in a good place.

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 Surely now, with three children, my husband will love me.

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 Doesn't happen.

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 Doesn't work.

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 All right.

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 We'll try again.

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 And then she conceived again and bore a son.

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 And this time I will praise the Lord.

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 Therefore, she called his name Judah.

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 4-0 to Leah.

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 It's halftime.

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 Then she ceased bearing.

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 Can you just imagine the dynamics and the relationship

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 between these two sisters right now?

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 Leah and Rachel.

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 One.

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 Remember, it's not even just about Jacob.

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 Because Rachel would have been the prettier one from the beginning.

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 So actually, this is what Leah would have had to put up with

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 the whole of her life.

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 Being overlooked.

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 Being unloved.

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 Being unchosen.

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 To the point where, when it's the wedding day,

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 your father sneaks you in to a man's bedroom

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 because he realizes, he thinks,

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 that you won't ever get married.

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 So this is the only way you're going to get married.

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 Imagine the heartbreak.

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 Imagine the resentment.

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 Feel how Leah is feeling.

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 And yet the Lord sees and gives her babies.

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 And you'd have thought of Rachel.

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 Well, the pretty one.

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 Everyone would have been just praising her for the whole of her life.

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 Wow.

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 And yet, is she happy?

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 No, she's not.

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 Because why?

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 She also has misplaced desires.

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 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children,

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 she envied her sister.

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 She said to Jacob,

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 give me children or I shall die.

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 We're going to stop here and talk a little bit about the topic of envy.

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 This dangerous, dangerous topic.

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 Charles Swindle says,

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 envy is the great enemy of peace.

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 It makes me think about all of us who are struggling through anxiety to some degree,

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 whether it's a low-grade hum of anxiety,

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 always thinking that you're not quite enough,

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 or you're wanting something that someone else has.

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 This is it.

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 In a city, we're surrounded by it.

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 We're constantly being told what we don't have.

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 Constantly being told what other people have that we should try to have.

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 But envy is the great enemy of peace.

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 Roosevelt was the one who said,

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 comparison is the thief of joy.

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 Where does envy come from?

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 It comes from comparison.

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 It comes from looking at someone going,

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 wow, that guy has a head full of hair.

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 And it's just such a waste.

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 He just doesn't do anything with it.

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 It's just so annoying.

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 In fact, if I can't have it,

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 neither should he.

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 And now I'm just stripped of joy

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 because people are misusing God's blessings to them.

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 Comparison is the thief of joy.

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 John Tyson said that comparison is the assassin of contentment.

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 Do you feel content?

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 As you look at your life, do you feel content?

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 Gab, you're shaking your head not fully.

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 How many of us really do?

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 Isn't that the battle?

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 Paul says godliness leads to contentment,

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 but how many of us are truly content?

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 Or how many of us are actually just looking somewhere else?

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 Going, oh, I want that.

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 I need that.

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 If I don't have that, what does Rachel say here?

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 Give me children or I shall die.

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 So even though Leah wants affection and attention,

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 Rachel just wants babies.

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 Idolatry is when you have something so high in your priority list

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 and if you don't get it,

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 you feel as though it's not worth living your life anymore.

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 That's what we see here.

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 Reminds me of another story in the Bible

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 when David and Saul,

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 they beat Goliath.

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 We know David and Goliath.

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 So even if you didn't grow up in the church,

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 you probably have heard that story.

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 And what happens?

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 They beat the Philistines.

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 They go home and everyone's just celebrating.

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 Saul's celebrating.

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 David's celebrating.

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 Everyone's celebrating.

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 And then there is a chant.

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 And it's in 1 Samuel 18 where they say,

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 Saul has killed people by the thousands.

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 And he's like, yes, I'm the man.

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 And then turns out that's just the first line of the verse first

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 because the second verse is,

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 but David has killed people by the ten thousands.

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 And so even though Saul was like celebrating,

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 yeah, thousands.

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 And he's like, wait.

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 Wait.

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 You say thousands for me and ten thousands for him?

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 It's just a story.

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 It's just a song.

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 It's just a poem.

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 But he took it personally.

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 He took it very personally.

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 And from that moment on,

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 Saul does not look at David in the same way.

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 What is that?

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 That is comparison, stealing, joy.

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 That is the assassin of contentment.

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 That is the enemy of peace.

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 It makes me think what we have.

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 As you look elsewhere,

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 as you look constantly elsewhere,

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 what is the thing that you are holding on to?

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 What is your idol?

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 Jacob is funny.

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 So Rachel says,

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 give me children or I shall die.

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 Blames him completely.

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 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel and said,

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 am I in the place of God

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 who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?

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 What he's saying is,

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 don't blame me.

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 I'm doing the same thing.

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 It's 4-0 this side and there's nothing here.

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 I'm not doing anything different.

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 And it tells me something else.

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 When we put all of our hope in the idol,

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 when we put all of our satisfaction and contentment,

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 our hopes for it onto one person,

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 we will always, always fail.

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 We experienced,

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 and some of us got to see Trevor and Teresa

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 get married yesterday

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 and it was the most beautiful of weddings.

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 But one thing that we like to say a lot

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 to couples getting married

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 or even those who are married

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 is practicing the sentiment

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 of looking your spouse in the eye

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 and saying,

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 you will never be enough for me.

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 In fact,

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 if a wedding couple ever asked me

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 to preach from Genesis 30

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 for their wedding,

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 this is what I would say.

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 No one's ever asked me to do it in the past,

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 but maybe one day they will be.

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 I would say,

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 your wife will never truly satisfy you.

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 Your husband will never truly satisfy you.

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 Your spouse will never truly satisfy you.

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 If you think that they will,

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 what will happen is they won't

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 and then you'll be disappointed

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 and then you will crash.

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 You cannot put a human being

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 in the place of God.

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 God is the only one who can truly satisfy.

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 So it's actually a beautiful thing

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 when a couple romantically in love

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 can look each other in the eye

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 and go,

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 you will never satisfy me fully.

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 Only God can.

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 What we see here is Leah and Rachel

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 were both putting their hope

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 in this one stupid man

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 that is called Jacob.

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 And you see how stupid he is

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 because the story continues.

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 Remember, it's 4-0.

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 Keep track.

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 Then she said,

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 here is my servant Bilal.

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 If I can't have a baby,

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 let me give my servant to you

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 so then she can have a baby on my behalf

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 so at least I can catch up.

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 And so Jacob's like,

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 yeah, sure, whatever.

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 So she gave him her servant Bilal

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 and Jacob went into her

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 and guess what?

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 Bilal conceives.

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 So it's 4-1.

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 Kind of.

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 Not really,

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 because it's not really Rachel's.

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 But she's trying to put matters

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 into her own hands.

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 She's like,

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 look, the camp of Leah

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 is doing too well.

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 Let's try and figure out

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 another way, guys.

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 This is the new strategy.

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 We're going to use servants.

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 And so that happens.

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 And then Rachel said,

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 God has judged me

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 and also heard my voice

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.539
 and give me a son.

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.180
 Therefore she called his name Dan.

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.400
 Rachel's servant Bilal

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.420
 then conceived again

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.920
 and bore Jacob a second son.

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.840
 Then Rachel said,

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.620
 with mighty wrestlings,

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.560
 I have wrestled with my sister

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.280
 and have prevailed.

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.340
 So she called his name Naphtali.

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.780
 It's 4-2.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.220
 Leah's getting a little bit nervous

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.320
 because the score's getting

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.920
 a little bit tight.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.019
 And remember,

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.360
 her womb is now closed

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.460
 because she has seized bearing

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.140
 at the end of 29.

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.259
 So then she goes,

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.660
 okay, well,

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.340
 if you're going to do that,

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.360
 then I will do that too.

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.779
 Subs,

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:32.620
 bring in my servant too.

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.360
 Let's go.

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.340
 And so what happens is,

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.779
 verse 9,

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.700
 when Leah saw that she had

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.140
 seized bearing,

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.420
 she took her servant Zilpah

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:40.019
 and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.759
 And Jacob's like,

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.600
 sure, whatever.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.800
 Then Leah's servant Zilpah

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.680
 bore Jacob a son.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.100
 And Leah said,

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.000
 good fortune has come.

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:47.580
 So she called his name Gad.

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.600
 Leah's servant Zilpah

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.880
 bore Jacob a second son.

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.039
 Whoa, 6-2.

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.480
 Happy am I,

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.159
 verse 13.

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.399
 For women have called me happy,

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:57.259
 so she called his name Asher.

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.440
 You can see the ugly side of envy.

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:02.579
 You can see the ugly side of idolatry

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.619
 when you put someone

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:06.039
 in the place of God.

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.700
 Someone who will never be able

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.659
 to satisfy you.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.440
 We've all done this before.

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.079
 We've all thought that job

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.579
 would give us

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.639
 the ultimate satisfaction.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.220
 We've all thought that relationship

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.799
 will help us feel better

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.480
 about ourselves.

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.599
 And time and time again,

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.619
 it does not.

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.079
 And then we wonder why.

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.739
 This story sounds ridiculous.

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:26.179
 But yet it is the story of us.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.039
 It is the story of our hearts

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.039
 putting our hope

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.839
 in the wrong things.

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.479
 The misplaced desires.

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.299
 And there's a really

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.959
 interesting story.

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.399
 In the days of wheat harvest,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.899
 Reuben went and found mandrakes

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.339
 in the field

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.619
 and brought them

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.759
 to his mother, Leah.

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:41.079
 Reuben, at this point,

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:42.539
 was about 5-6 years old.

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.039
 If you're interested,

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:45.019
 this whole thing

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.699
 happens in the space

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:48.220
 about 10-14 years.

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.480
 In my head,

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.920
 I was just like,

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:51.019
 the amount of nappies,

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.120
 the amount of sleepless nights,

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.700
 I don't even know

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.400
 how this is possible.

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.059
 So at this point,

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.819
 the firstborn, Reuben,

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.900
 is getting a little bit older.

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.700
 He's out in the field,

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.340
 just hanging out,

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.660
 and he finds mandrakes.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.299
 Mandrakes,

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.779
 which is actually

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.700
 a fertility plant.

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.059
 It's an aphrodisiac.

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.240
 People would take it

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.960
 hoping that they would

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.920
 get pregnant from it.

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.140
 And so,

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.920
 little boy Reuben

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.860
 runs around in the field,

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.080
 finds mandrakes,

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.279
 and brings them back home

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.220
 to his mom, Leah.

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.420
 Then Rachel said to Leah,

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.200
 please give me

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.799
 some of your son's mandrakes.

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.859
 Remember,

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.220
 they're living

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.059
 in the same house together.

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.200
 And you imagine

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.740
 just the drama.

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.680
 And so,

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.539
 Rachel sees

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.039
 little Reuben

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.460
 come in

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.720
 with his fertility plant,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.980
 and she's like,

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.279
 I want those mandrakes.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.660
 And then,

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.519
 Leah completely overreacts

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.099
 in some ways

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.359
 and says,

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.319
 is it a small matter

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.000
 that you've taken away

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.420
 my husband?

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.279
 Would you take away

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.420
 my son's mandrakes also?

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.220
 So you've already

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.819
 taken my husband.

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.160
 Leave the mandrakes alone.

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:43.840
 The mandrakes belong to us.

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.460
 Why would you do that?

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.800
 Of course,

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.200
 Rachel is desperate

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.580
 because Rachel

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.640
 is 6'2 down.

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.540
 So she's trying to think,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.620
 how can I do this?

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.120
 Bear in mind here

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.540
 that Rachel is actually

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.440
 the head of the harem.

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.779
 She's in control.

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.519
 Why?

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.580
 Because she's the loved one.

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.519
 She's the favored one.

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.900
 So she actually gets

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.720
 to decide

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.120
 where her husband

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.220
 goes to spend the night.

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.540
 Interesting,

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.060
 because it's the

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.500
 overreact

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.560
 because she's

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.040
 the younger one.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.620
 But anyway,

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.920
 they strike a deal.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.800
 Would you take away

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:16.720
 my son's mandrakes also?

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.300
 Rachel said,

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.019
 then he may lie

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.580
 with you tonight

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.100
 in exchange

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.240
 for your son's mandrakes.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.140
 So they make a deal.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.580
 Mandrakes for the husband.

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.880
 Some wives are like,

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.560
 a plant for a husband?

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.080
 Good deal.

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.420
 Jacob comes home

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.880
 from work

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.480
 and he gets told,

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.259
 Leah went out to me

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.460
 and said,

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.200
 you must come in to me

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.660
 for me,

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.500
 for I have hired you

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.460
 with my son's mandrakes.

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.500
 And Jacob says,

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.360
 yeah, sure, whatever.

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:40.559
 And so he goes in

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.819
 with her.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.659
 Rachel's happy

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.299
 because now she has

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.619
 a plant.

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.619
 So she's turned it

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.000
 into a soup

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.639
 and she's drinking it

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.219
 and she's just

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:47.119
 bathing in it.

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.879
 She's doing whatever

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.559
 she needs to do

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.399
 to pull the score

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.839
 back even.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.639
 And yet,

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.719
 the most twisted thing

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.319
 happens here.

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.339
 She gives away,

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:54.519
 she takes the mandrakes,

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.319
 but actually,

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:56.039
 the fifth lady

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.979
 goes to Leah.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.259
 Leah's womb

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.939
 opens again.

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.619
 And even though

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.240
 she takes matters

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.179
 into her own hands,

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.819
 God listened to Leah,

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.500
 verse 17,

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.539
 and she conceived

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.299
 and bore Jacob

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.099
 a fifth son.

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.839
 Seven,

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.779
 two.

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.000
 God has given me

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.440
 my wages

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.059
 because I gave

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.579
 my servant

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.640
 to my husband.

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.339
 So she called

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.680
 his name Issachar.

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.599
 And Leah conceived

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.339
 again and she

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.700
 bore Jacob

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.400
 a sixth son.

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.440
 God has endowed

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.000
 me with a good

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.359
 endowment.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.019
 Now my husband

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.539
 will honor me

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.059
 because I have

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.940
 bore him

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.839
 six sons.

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.279
 She called

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.599
 his name

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.000
 Zebulun.

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.619
 Afterwards,

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.960
 she bore

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.339
 a daughter

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.819
 and called

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.319
 her name

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.059
 Dina.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:32.919
 the sad story

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.960
 of when we go

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.960
 chasing after idols,

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.859
 the sad story

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.359
 of us being

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.599
 engrossed in comparison

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:41.419
 that leads to envy,

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.259
 that kills

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.960
 contentment,

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.519
 kills peace,

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:46.940
 robs joy.

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.220
 How often do we

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.799
 have that as

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.379
 children of God

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.759
 ourselves,

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.559
 not happy with

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.179
 what we've been

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.480
 given,

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.879
 looking elsewhere

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.220
 thinking,

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.740
 if only I had

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.159
 that,

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.279
 I will be happy.

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.879
 And yet here

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:03.079
 we see what

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.440
 happens,

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.859
 what are the

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.799
 consequences of

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:04.980
 that.

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.259
 Then something

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.000
 interesting happens

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.359
 and we're near

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.940
 the end of this

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.659
 story.

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.599
 Then God

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.779
 remembered Rachel

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.559
 and God

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.259
 listened to her

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.099
 and opened

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.759
 her womb.

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.119
 The word

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.839
 remembered there

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.539
 isn't God

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:17.899
 saying,

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.460
 oh,

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.319
 sorry,

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.740
 I totally

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.200
 forgot about

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.379
 you,

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.599
 Rachel.

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.659
 Did not

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.240
 remember that

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.599
 you existed.

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:22.960
 That's not

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.339
 what it is.

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.079
 It's the same

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.339
 remembered when

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.139
 God remembered

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.599
 Noah.

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.940
 What that

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.619
 remembered word

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.039
 means is

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.680
 is that he

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.399
 acts on the

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.839
 promise that

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.279
 he had given

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.639
 before.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.399
 So he

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:33.119
 activates the

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.379
 promise.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.279
 That's what

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.559
 he means.

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.639
 So when God

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.440
 remembers someone

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.220
 he's activating,

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.700
 he's putting

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.399
 into action

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.220
 what he had

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.659
 promised in

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.000
 the past.

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.980
 So then God

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.799
 remembered Rachel

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.379
 and God

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.940
 listened to her

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.460
 and opened her

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.639
 womb.

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.359
 She conceived

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.859
 and bore a

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.539
 son and said,

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.180
 God has taken

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.799
 away my

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.700
 reproach and

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.119
 my shame.

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.399
 This is her

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.920
 first one,

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.200
 remember,

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.099
 even though it's

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.559
 seven to eight

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.899
 two now,

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.559
 but actually this

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.240
 is her first one

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.539
 because the

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.879
 years was from

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.299
 the servants.

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.279
 And she

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.000
 called his name

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.659
 Joseph,

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.840
 which is a

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.400
 familiar name

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.980
 to us as we'll

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.560
 find out in

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.480
 later Genesis.

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.900
 And you think,

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.120
 oh,

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.600
 finally,

00:32:03.800 --> 00:32:04.540
 she's got what

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:05.120
 she wants,

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.779
 right?

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.900
 Don't we have

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.480
 that moment when

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.279
 we finally get

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.860
 the job that we

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.040
 went,

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.140
 finally get the

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.300
 girl,

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.940
 finally get the

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.160
 guy,

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.180
 finally get the

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.140
 thing that we

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.380
 want?

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.260
 And you're

00:32:14.260 --> 00:32:14.380
 like,

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.560
 now I am

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.060
 completely

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.720
 satisfied.

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.980
 You imagine

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.720
 Rachel going,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.760
 I have now

00:32:19.760 --> 00:32:20.600
 completely found

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.160
 contentment,

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.380
 God,

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.900
 I trust you

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.300
 for the rest

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.840
 of my life.

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.640
 Is that what

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.080
 she says?

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.880
 It is not.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.740
 What she says

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.020
 is,

00:32:28.760 --> 00:32:29.200
 may the Lord

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.940
 add to me

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:31.120
 another son.

00:32:32.540 --> 00:32:33.200
 She can't

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.640
 get enough.

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.260
 She realized

00:32:35.260 --> 00:32:35.820
 even though she's

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.220
 got what she

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.480
 wanted,

00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.260
 it still doesn't

00:32:37.260 --> 00:32:37.740
 give her the

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.400
 true satisfaction

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.040
 that she needs.

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.640
 She needs to

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.420
 keep going.

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.440
 Isn't that the

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.120
 same as us?

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.200
 We get,

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.080
 we finally get

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.660
 what we want

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:47.100
 and actually we

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.680
 just keep wanting

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.000
 more.

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.400
 Comparison.

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.380
 Envy.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.540
 Leads us down

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.180
 this path,

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.400
 leads us to

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.460
 utter destruction

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.520
 and sad to say,

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.760
 this other son

00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:01.740
 that she asks for,

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.660
 she eventually

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.700
 does get a few

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.260
 years later,

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.180
 but it leads to

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.600
 her death

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:07.160
 because as she

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.340
 bears Benjamin,

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:10.320
 Rachel dies.

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.339
 these misplaced

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.859
 desires,

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.659
 they will mess

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.099
 you up.

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.220
 They will lead

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.879
 you down a path

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.460
 that you can't

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.039
 come back from.

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.399
 What is this?

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.179
 This is choosing

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:24.399
 the flesh.

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.179
 This is choosing

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.799
 to not trust God.

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.659
 This is sin.

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:29.119
 And what that does

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.179
 is leads to our

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.799
 destruction.

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.740
 But just before,

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.119
 actually let's just

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.679
 catch a breath.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.419
 We've got the 12

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:38.279
 kids coming up now.

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.819
 Israel is sorted.

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.859
 The tribe is ready.

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.879
 But my goodness,

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.619
 how did it happen?

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.319
 We should take no

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.220
 pride in how we

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.079
 have the 12 tribes

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.480
 of Israel.

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.639
 It happened

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.179
 because two

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:53.240
 sisters were

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.740
 trying to find

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:56.259
 contentment in

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.659
 purpose,

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.779
 in a person,

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.639
 and they end up

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.759
 in this very

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.659
 horrible war

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:03.259
 that leads to

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.480
 death.

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.099
 The question is,

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:06.379
 what hope do

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.779
 we have?

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:09.840
 as we

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.619
 battle with

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.900
 envy,

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.500
 as we

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.239
 battle

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.099
 with comparison.

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.259
 Let's put

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.940
 ourselves in

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.800
 the shoes of

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.480
 Leah once again.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.059
 Henry Nouwen

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.599
 says this,

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.019
 self-rejection

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.659
 is the greatest

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.440
 enemy of the

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.139
 spiritual life

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.960
 because it

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.800
 contradicts the

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.420
 sacred voice

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.480
 that calls us

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.320
 beloved.

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.920
 Imagine if Leah

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.159
 just knew that,

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.239
 that she was

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.679
 loved.

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:34.199
 all of this

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.079
 comes from a

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.619
 place where

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.839
 she was

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:38.279
 not loved.

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.239
 Bring it down

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.339
 to where we

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.099
 live right now,

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.799
 some of the

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.379
 actions that we

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:45.019
 see around the

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.379
 world, the

00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:46.239
 consequences of

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.960
 pain and death.

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.079
 How much of

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.480
 that can we

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.139
 trace back to

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.719
 the fact that

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.259
 people just

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.779
 don't feel

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.159
 loved?

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.319
 I would say

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:54.940
 a high chance.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.359
 Henry Nouwen

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.819
 continues,

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.319
 the world

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.879
 tells us we

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.619
 are only as

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.159
 good as our

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.679
 performance,

00:35:02.859 --> 00:35:03.379
 our beauty

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:03.920
 or our

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.500
 popularity.

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.000
 God tells us

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.599
 our value

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.139
 was settled

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.819
 before the

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:09.279
 foundation of

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.599
 the world.

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.679
 Why do you

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.000
 come to

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.259
 church?

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.879
 Why do you

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.639
 come and sing

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.339
 some songs and

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:17.960
 sit here and

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.179
 listen?

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.039
 We have the

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.639
 gathering statements

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.119
 and those are

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.819
 all true, but

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.519
 I was to boil it

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.940
 all down.

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.739
 If every single

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.420
 person who comes

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.079
 into this room

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.799
 and sits in the

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.460
 presence of God

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.279
 and hears the

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.379
 word of truth

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:30.399
 uttered over them

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:31.119
 that they would

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.839
 experience one

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.360
 thing and that

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.780
 they are loved.

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.980
 Imagine if you

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.579
 walked out of

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.519
 here, head to

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.019
 the elevator,

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.800
 wait there, go

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.620
 down for lunch,

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.780
 but you're just

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.680
 filled with this

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.620
 profound sense

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.160
 that my goodness,

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.920
 I am loved.

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.519
 I don't need to

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.260
 go searching for

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.380
 this.

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.740
 I don't need to

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.480
 go chase after

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.840
 this.

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.280
 I don't need to

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.579
 envy.

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.420
 I don't need to

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.400
 compare because I

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.440
 am deeply loved

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.900
 and fully known

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.100
 by God.

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.680
 Wouldn't that be

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.299
 beautiful?

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.739
 But instead,

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.259
 Dorothy Sayers

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.659
 says this,

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:02.539
 envy is the

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.759
 religion of the

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.139
 mediocre.

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.719
 It comforts

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.059
 them, it

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.639
 responds to

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.179
 the worries

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.799
 that gnaw at

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.119
 them deep

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:09.019
 down, and

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.359
 if it does

00:36:09.359 --> 00:36:09.719
 not calm

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.139
 their hearts,

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:11.019
 it offers a

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.739
 surrogate peace

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.199
 by allowing

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.519
 them to

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.059
 project their

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.639
 own spiritual

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:15.339
 poverty onto

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.099
 others.

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.219
 Envy is the

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:19.039
 religion of the

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.339
 mediocre.

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:22.720
 I think the

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:24.880
 message today is

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.220
 to stop

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.539
 envying.

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.720
 Do not

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.000
 covet.

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.840
 Do not look

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.360
 at someone

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.160
 else and go,

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.280
 I want that,

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.780
 or if I can't

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.220
 have that,

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.059
 neither should

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.280
 they.

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.920
 That goes

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.700
 directly against

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.120
 the heart of

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.240
 God.

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.120
 It goes

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.880
 directly against

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.700
 what he desires

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.180
 for you.

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.160
 If he knew

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.840
 that you were

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.980
 truly loved,

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.820
 if you knew

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.100
 how loved you

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.760
 were by him,

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:50.320
 that is the

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.440
 key to all

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.760
 of this.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.100
 But there are

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.780
 moments of hope

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.280
 as you look at

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.660
 this story.

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:57.300
 Verse 22,

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.980
 before Rachel

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.900
 has her first

00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:00.140
 own baby,

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.520
 then God

00:37:01.520 --> 00:37:02.260
 remembered Rachel

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.020
 and God

00:37:03.020 --> 00:37:03.600
 listened to her

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.160
 and opened her.

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.520
 What does that

00:37:04.520 --> 00:37:04.700
 mean?

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.000
 She stopped

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.660
 taking matters

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.280
 into her own

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.620
 hands.

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.360
 She's gone to

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.600
 God.

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.140
 He listened

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.380
 to her,

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.800
 which means

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.240
 that she

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.620
 spoke to

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:12.800
 him.

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.040
 The woman

00:37:15.040 --> 00:37:15.560
 who offered

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:16.040
 her servant

00:37:16.040 --> 00:37:16.680
 as a way,

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:18.399
 the woman

00:37:18.399 --> 00:37:18.839
 who tried

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.159
 to get

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.739
 a fertility

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.379
 plant to

00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:20.719
 help her,

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.019
 the one

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.419
 who took

00:37:22.419 --> 00:37:22.960
 matters into

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.579
 her own

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.000
 hands,

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.940
 finally realizes

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.879
 the only way

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.759
 to this

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.679
 is to God.

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.179
 She's not

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.819
 perfect by

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.739
 any stretch.

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.239
 She still

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.739
 doesn't fully

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.019
 get it,

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.440
 but she's

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.940
 starting to

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.519
 get it a

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.879
 little bit.

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:37.779
 There's another

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.319
 example that

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:38.579
 Leah,

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.599
 even though she

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.239
 is engrossed

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.739
 in this battle,

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.899
 she also

00:37:41.899 --> 00:37:42.739
 starts getting

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.279
 it too.

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.859
 If we go

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.279
 back to the

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.879
 end of 29,

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.820
 she has

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.380
 three kids.

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.860
 Each time,

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.460
 she puts

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.140
 all the

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.500
 hope in

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:51.940
 that kid

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.119
 to bring

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.539
 her husband

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.900
 back to

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.079
 her,

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.539
 and it

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.780
 doesn't

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.079
 happen.

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.140
 But by

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:57.720
 the fourth

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:57.980
 one,

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.380
 something

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.900
 changes.

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.260
 Remember,

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.000
 after Reuben,

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.700
 because the

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:00.940
 Lord has

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.240
 looked upon

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.880
 my affliction,

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.740
 my husband

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.099
 will now

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.519
 love me.

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.180
 That's

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:04.700
 number one.

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.780
 Simeon

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.340
 comes because

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.619
 I am

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:06.900
 hated.

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.140
 He has

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:07.460
 given me

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.900
 this son.

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.500
 And then

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.840
 now this

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.119
 time my

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.300
 husband

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.619
 will be

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.920
 attached

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.220
 to me.

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.019
 But by

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:15.099
 verse 35,

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:15.460
 and she

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.860
 conceived

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.340
 again and

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.639
 bore her

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:16.780
 son.

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.099
 This is the

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.639
 fourth son.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.539
 This time

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.420
 I will

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:19.800
 praise the

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:19.960
 Lord.

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.659
 The first

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.159
 three times

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.059
 I hope

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.460
 this does

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.599
 it.

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.159
 I hope

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.619
 this brings

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.940
 him back

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.260
 to me.

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.700
 And it

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.200
 doesn't work

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:29.059
 time after

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.840
 time after

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.480
 time again.

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:30.820
 By the

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.280
 fourth time

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.740
 she starts

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.019
 to get

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.159
 it.

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.240
 This

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.320
 time I

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.519
 will

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.000
 praise

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.820
 the

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.039
 Lord.

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.380
 God

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.220
 still works

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.579
 through

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.619
 dysfunction,

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.780
 misplaced

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.240
 desires,

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.900
 and you

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.380
 see it

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.780
 happening

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.659
 right here.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.079
 This

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.579
 time I

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.780
 will

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.059
 praise

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.220
 the

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.400
 Lord.

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.840
 Therefore

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.260
 she

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.740
 called

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.240
 his

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:48.039
 name

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:49.000
 Judah.

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.599
 What

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:49.900
 is the

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.380
 significance

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.200
 of

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.639
 Judah?

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.019
 Leah,

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.700
 this

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.539
 unloved,

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.579
 ugly

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.460
 woman

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.940
 that was

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.280
 passed

00:38:59.280 --> 00:38:59.900
 over time

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.260
 and time

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.599
 again,

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.079
 ends up

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.420
 being the

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.579
 mother of

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.220
 the Levites,

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.059
 ends up

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:07.639
 being the

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.860
 great,

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.059
 great,

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.280
 great,

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:08.500
 great

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.900
 grandmother

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.700
 of King

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.079
 David,

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.420
 ends up

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.860
 being the

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.039
 great,

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.199
 great,

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.400
 great,

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.639
 great,

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.840
 great,

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.039
 great,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.279
 great,

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.539
 great,

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.799
 great,

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.079
 great

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.659
 grandmother

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.940
 of Jesus

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.299
 himself.

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.719
 Can you

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:21.039
 see woven

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.779
 into this

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:23.860
 story so

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.960
 subtly is

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.599
 you see when

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.719
 someone finally

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.519
 chooses to

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.539
 trust in

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.840
 the Lord,

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.719
 when someone

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.900
 finally chooses

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:34.059
 to surrender

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.739
 the idols

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.420
 that they

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.900
 battle with

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.960
 and they

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.579
 choose to

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.259
 give praise

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.840
 and trust

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.559
 to God?

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.400
 Salvation

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.860
 comes.

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.100
 Down this

00:39:44.100 --> 00:39:44.539
 line,

00:39:45.620 --> 00:39:46.620
 not Rachel's

00:39:46.620 --> 00:39:46.840
 line.

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.019
 Growing up,

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.660
 the uncles

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:50.100
 and aunties

00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:50.280
 would have

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.539
 been like,

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.700
 well,

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.100
 Rachel's

00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:51.340
 definitely

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.640
 the one

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:51.780
 who's

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:51.940
 going to

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.240
 be going

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:52.660
 places.

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.360
 Leah has

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.740
 weak eyes,

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:54.980
 she can't

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.280
 even see

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.600
 properly.

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.980
 So you'd

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.240
 have thought,

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.440
 oh,

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.880
 this covenant

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.240
 of family

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.720
 is definitely

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.019
 going to go

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.440
 through Rachel,

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.740
 it's going

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.000
 to be the

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.240
 strong,

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.480
 it's going

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.740
 to be the

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:01.940
 highly

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.300
 accomplished,

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.660
 it's going

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:02.940
 to be the

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.240
 beautiful.

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.860
 But time

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.180
 and time

00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.500
 again,

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.460
 God says,

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.000
 the way of

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.280
 the world

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.680
 is not the

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.899
 way of

00:40:07.899 --> 00:40:08.139
 the kingdom.

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.199
 In fact,

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.480
 I'm going

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.119
 to choose

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.119
 exactly what

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.699
 you don't

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.039
 think I

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.500
 will choose.

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.480
 The way of

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:15.899
 the kingdom

00:40:15.899 --> 00:40:16.579
 of God

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.179
 is upside

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.539
 down.

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:18.919
 And yet,

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.319
 we still

00:40:19.319 --> 00:40:20.159
 rely on the

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.440
 things of

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.759
 this world.

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.379
 We still

00:40:21.379 --> 00:40:21.960
 try to

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.339
 accumulate

00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:22.960
 and collect

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.359
 as many

00:40:23.359 --> 00:40:23.980
 rewards

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.659
 and awards

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.259
 and certificates

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:26.259
 and letters

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.699
 after our

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.039
 names as

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.379
 possible,

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.239
 thinking those

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.440
 are the

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.739
 things that

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:28.940
 are going

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.319
 to earn

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.599
 us

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.059
 recognition,

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:30.839
 those are

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.099
 the things

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.379
 that are

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:31.639
 going to

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.219
 earn us

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.500
 love,

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.019
 and yet

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.299
 what we

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.699
 see here,

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.440
 the tables

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.199
 turn time

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.539
 and time

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.799
 again,

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.340
 and what

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:36.860
 you see is

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.460
 God chooses

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.260
 the unchosen.

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:40.140
 Jesus himself,

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:41.019
 coming from the

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.640
 line of Judah,

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.380
 ends up being

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.960
 despised and

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.340
 rejected.

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.740
 Isaiah 52

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.340
 says this,

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.800
 our savior,

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.900
 you could not

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.600
 even look at

00:40:49.600 --> 00:40:50.260
 because he was

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:51.080
 not much to

00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:51.440
 look at.

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:54.260
 how much do

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.740
 we put our

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:55.220
 hope in the

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.780
 things that

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.220
 we think

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:57.079
 look great

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.500
 will help

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.659
 us further

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.820
 our lives

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.559
 and our

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.059
 accomplishments,

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.179
 and yet in

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.599
 the midst

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.119
 of this,

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.860
 we see

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.659
 someone breaking

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.360
 the cycle

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.340
 of sin,

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.380
 of envy,

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.460
 of comparison

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.119
 because he

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.820
 who had it

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.720
 all emptied

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:12.460
 himself taking

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.200
 the form of

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.700
 a servant,

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.500
 he breaks

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.079
 the cycle.

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:19.000
 Jesus breaks

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:20.200
 the cycle.

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.039
 I'll finish

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.420
 by going

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:23.119
 back to

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.880
 Saul and

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.099
 David.

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.380
 Remember,

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.159
 Saul takes

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.599
 it personally.

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.579
 This song,

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:27.860
 he doesn't

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.240
 like the

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.720
 lyrics to

00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:29.079
 this song.

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.980
 But

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.480
 interestingly,

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:34.380
 Saul has

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.639
 a son,

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.420
 and in the

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.880
 same chapter

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.400
 in 1 Samuel

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.780
 18,

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.320
 just before

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.720
 the song,

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.539
 you see

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.900
 his son

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.220
 Jonathan

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.800
 having just

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.300
 this beautiful

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.940
 relationship,

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:41.820
 friendship,

00:41:42.200 --> 00:41:43.000
 with David.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.099
 To the point

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.679
 where there's

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.159
 one moment

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.139
 when Jonathan

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.159
 sees David

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:50.880
 and cares

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.200
 for him

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:52.079
 and brings

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.519
 him in,

00:41:53.939 --> 00:41:54.119
 Jonathan

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.639
 actually takes

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:54.879
 off his

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.299
 own robe

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.460
 and puts

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.980
 it around

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.439
 David.

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.159
 Remember,

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.719
 David is a

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.019
 shepherd's

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.159
 boy.

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.500
 Jonathan

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.919
 is the

00:42:01.919 --> 00:42:02.419
 heir apparent.

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.399
 Jonathan

00:42:03.399 --> 00:42:03.799
 is going

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.159
 to be king.

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:05.799
 And yet,

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.299
 in that

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:06.939
 moment of

00:42:06.939 --> 00:42:07.719
 selflessness,

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.179
 of love,

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.319
 without a

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:11.639
 hint of

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:11.879
 envy,

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.619
 just imagine

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.239
 a second

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:15.379
 from where

00:42:15.379 --> 00:42:15.699
 Jonathan

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:16.099
 sits.

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.939
 Everyone knows

00:42:17.939 --> 00:42:18.259
 he's going

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.639
 to be king

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.119
 in the future.

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:20.779
 And then

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.380
 this David,

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.799
 this young

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.059
 boy,

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.559
 walks in.

00:42:23.339 --> 00:42:23.799
 And people

00:42:23.799 --> 00:42:24.199
 are singing

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:24.759
 this song

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.900
 that are

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.199
 saying how

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.659
 this David

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.039
 is actually

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:28.179
 better than

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.539
 your dad.

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.400
 What do you

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.799
 think is going

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.480
 through Jonathan's

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.659
 mind?

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.460
 What if we

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.940
 were Jonathan?

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.039
 We were like,

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:35.219
 whoa,

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.579
 this guy's

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:35.719
 going to

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.000
 take my

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.219
 job.

00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:37.039
 This guy's

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.179
 going to

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.480
 take my

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.699
 kingdom.

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.440
 But what

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.819
 does Jonathan

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:41.319
 do instead?

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.519
 He takes

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.000
 off his robe

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.099
 and gives

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.679
 it to David.

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:45.779
 Breaks the

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.420
 cycle of envy,

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.659
 breaks the cycle

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.539
 of comparison,

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:48.980
 breaks the

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.779
 cycle of

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.059
 jealousy.

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.539
 We sit

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.339
 here today

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:54.679
 as recipients

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.639
 of a robe

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.859
 that belongs

00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:57.519
 to a king

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:59.500
 but has now

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.039
 been placed

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.960
 around us.

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:02.920
 Can you just

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.639
 imagine for a

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:03.899
 second?

00:43:04.379 --> 00:43:04.819
 I know that

00:43:04.819 --> 00:43:05.339
 we're all in

00:43:05.339 --> 00:43:06.539
 just casual

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.219
 gear here,

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.420
 but just imagine

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.039
 for a moment

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:10.179
 that you have

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.699
 a robe

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:11.739
 placed around

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:13.500
 you that you

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.879
 do not

00:43:13.879 --> 00:43:14.239
 deserve.

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:17.439
 how silly

00:43:17.439 --> 00:43:18.000
 that feels,

00:43:18.459 --> 00:43:18.839
 but yet

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:19.839
 this robe

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.379
 is the most

00:43:20.379 --> 00:43:21.039
 expensive thing

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.319
 that you'll

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.779
 ever touch.

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.500
 You don't

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.859
 deserve this.

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.259
 You can never

00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:23.919
 afford this

00:43:23.919 --> 00:43:24.259
 robe,

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.739
 and yet

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.179
 it's yours.

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.379
 Can you

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:29.199
 imagine wearing

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.799
 this robe

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.539
 and being

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.859
 filled with

00:43:30.859 --> 00:43:31.339
 the gratitude

00:43:31.339 --> 00:43:31.919
 of having

00:43:31.919 --> 00:43:32.239
 this,

00:43:32.799 --> 00:43:33.319
 yet looking

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:33.819
 across and

00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.000
 going,

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.279
 well,

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:34.579
 I wish

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:34.839
 I had

00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:35.059
 that.

00:43:37.459 --> 00:43:37.739
 Oh,

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:39.399
 the robe

00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:39.819
 looks better

00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:40.079
 on that

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.559
 person than

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:40.879
 on me.

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.099
 you won't

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:43.539
 care because

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.119
 you realize

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.400
 you did

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.019
 nothing to

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.660
 deserve this

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.000
 robe that

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.300
 you've got

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.640
 on you.

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:48.340
 Just like

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:48.700
 Jonathan,

00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:50.140
 as the

00:43:50.140 --> 00:43:50.960
 prince gives

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.300
 up his

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:52.300
 robe for

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:52.559
 David,

00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:53.980
 the prince

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.340
 of heaven

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:55.240
 himself gives

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.559
 up his

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.000
 robe for

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:57.160
 us and

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.559
 breaks the

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.119
 cycle of

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.440
 envy,

00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:00.059
 of discontentment,

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.059
 of comparison.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.480
 We're going

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:03.800
 to finish

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:04.340
 now by just

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:06.039
 asking ourselves,

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:06.760
 asking the

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.140
 Holy Spirit

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:08.039
 to show us

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.960
 what are the

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.420
 misplaced

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.599
 desires in

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:11.059
 our hearts.

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.059
 And we all

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.400
 have them.

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:12.820
 They're not

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.539
 bad things.

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:14.360
 Honestly,

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:14.900
 every parent

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.340
 in the room,

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.720
 one of the

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:15.900
 biggest

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.280
 misplaced

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:16.800
 desires is

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.000
 what?

00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.079
 Our

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.380
 children.

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.460
 We want

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.380
 what's best

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:21.840
 for our

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.079
 children.

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.559
 We want

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:24.780
 them to

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.280
 do well.

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.480
 But we

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.780
 put them

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.340
 above God.

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.599
 And then

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.139
 when things

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.800
 don't go

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.039
 well,

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.820
 we can't

00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:37.280
 sleep at

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:37.440
 night.

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:38.920
 We put

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.139
 our

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:39.920
 trust

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:41.039
 in

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.300
 something

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:41.579
 else.

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.059
 Maybe

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.220
 it's

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:43.340
 your

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.639
 work.

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.079
 Maybe

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:45.260
 what keeps

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.500
 you up

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:45.760
 at night

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.079
 is your

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.340
 work.

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.559
 Because

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.720
 you're

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.059
 afraid that

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.220
 if you

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.539
 don't do

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.800
 what you

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.039
 need to

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.139
 do,

00:44:48.200 --> 00:44:48.460
 you won't

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:48.820
 climb up

00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:49.119
 as fast

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.320
 as you

00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:49.559
 want to

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.880
 climb up,

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.099
 or you

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.400
 may even

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:50.720
 lose the

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.159
 job that

00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:51.860
 you believe

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.139
 that God

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:52.460
 gave you

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.659
 in the

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:53.099
 first place.

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.639
 And if

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.780
 God

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.079
 gave it

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.300
 to you,

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:54.500
 then

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.880
 he's

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.059
 the one

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.200
 who's

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.280
 in

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:56.559
 control,

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:56.800
 right?

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.579
 Or it's

00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:58.659
 a

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.099
 relationship.

00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.420
 Maybe

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:00.619
 there's

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:00.720
 a

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:01.099
 relationship

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:01.480
 that you're

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.699
 just

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.280
 terrified

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:02.480
 of

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:02.699
 losing,

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:03.480
 or that

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:03.619
 you're

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:03.760
 just

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:04.079
 desperate

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.519
 to want

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.199
 to have.

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:08.960
 Well,

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.300
 I would

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.920
 sincerely

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.380
 ask you,

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.760
 is that

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:11.320
 a misplaced

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.920
 desire?

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.900
 Is that

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.500
 a disordered

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:14.820
 love?

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.800
 Let's

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.199
 spend a

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.599
 moment now

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:18.880
 just to

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.260
 reflect

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:20.340
 on that.

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.159
 I can

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:22.440
 invite you

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.800
 just to

00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:23.639
 close your

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:23.980
 eyes,

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.019
 bow your

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.199
 heads,

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.519
 whatever

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.019
 posture

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:26.880
 that you

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:28.079
 feel is

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.340
 appropriate

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.840
 for you.

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:34.240
 And let

00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:34.480
 me lead

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.679
 us in

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:34.780
 a

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:34.960
 prayer.

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.240
 God,

00:45:59.280 --> 00:45:59.619
 we keep

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:00.240
 running in

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.619
 circles.

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:06.400
 we keep

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.740
 chasing

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:07.159
 after

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:07.599
 things

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:07.900
 that we

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.159
 think

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.320
 will

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.500
 give

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:08.800
 us

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.920
 true

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.460
 contentment.

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:15.400
 We

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:15.740
 keep

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.800
 keeping

00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:17.179
 score,

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:18.980
 comparing

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.340
 what we

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:19.699
 have to

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.059
 what others

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.280
 have.

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:25.980
 But we

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.320
 can see

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:26.699
 from your

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:27.260
 word how

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:28.240
 ridiculous

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:28.900
 that looks.

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:34.440
 we

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:34.619
 who

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:34.820
 were

00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:35.360
 orphans,

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:35.539
 who

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:35.719
 were

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:36.420
 blind,

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:36.860
 lost,

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.699
 and

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:37.920
 dead,

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:40.760
 now sit

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:41.019
 in the

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.420
 most high

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:42.119
 place with

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.460
 a robe

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.740
 that does

00:46:42.740 --> 00:46:43.099
 not belong

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.579
 to us.

00:46:48.740 --> 00:46:49.440
 How sad

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:49.960
 it is that

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.380
 our hearts

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:50.880
 would even

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:52.780
 try to

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.340
 covet and

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.599
 envy.

00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:54.599
 love

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.599
 love

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.599
 enough.

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:57.039
 But we

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.559
 confess that

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:57.920
 it comes

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.179
 from a

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:58.579
 place of

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.099
 not knowing

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.659
 your love

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:00.119
 enough.

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.599
 So,

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:06.980
 Holy Spirit,

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.659
 I ask that you

00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:08.059
 would just

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.659
 highlight to

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.019
 us

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:18.320
 whether

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:18.699
 there is

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.000
 any

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:22.039
 greed of

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.340
 Laban,

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:24.380
 deceit of

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:24.719
 Jacob,

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.199
 resentment

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:29.980
 of Leah,

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.039
 and

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.699
 desires of

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:36.259
 Rachel that

00:47:36.259 --> 00:47:36.639
 are not

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:37.059
 of you.

00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:53.900
 we

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.719
 sit as

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.519
 recipients of

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.059
 your grace.

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:57.940
 We sit as

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.420
 children who

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:59.039
 are fully

00:47:59.039 --> 00:47:59.579
 loved.

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:09.099
 it's like

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:09.579
 you when

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:10.019
 you opened

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.279
 up the

00:48:10.279 --> 00:48:10.920
 heavens before

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.500
 Jesus had

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:12.000
 done a

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:13.019
 single thing

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:16.400
 and you

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 said,

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 this is my

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 son with

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 whom I am

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 well pleased,

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 my beloved.

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 today would

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 you declare the

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 same thing

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 over us,

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 remind us

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 of that

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 truth.

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 to be

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 fully known

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 and fully

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 loved is

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 what we

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 yearn for,

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 is the

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 desire that

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 but do

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 not let that

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 desire be

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 misplaced.

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 We place

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 that desire

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 unto you

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 and only

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 you.

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 may

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 Before we respond in worship, I'd just like to share,

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 if any of you are sat here struggling with comparison and envy and discontentment,

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 and you have been keeping score,

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 keeping score with those around you, keeping score with your family.

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 Can I ask you to try for a moment and utter the words that Leah says?

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 This time, I will praise the Lord.

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 This time, I will trust the Lord.

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 Knowing that small act of faith will break that cycle

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 that will lead to salvation, that will lead to freedom,

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 that will lead to contentment.

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 I'm going to hand the time over to Paul to lead us in a song of worship,

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 but if you feel as though you need prayer,

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 then there are a few of us up here.

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 Feel free to come up and we'll happily, gladly pray for you.

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 may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may