Through the lens of Woman

Rebekah heard from God before either twin was born. “The older will serve the younger” (Gen 25:23). That word from the Father was real. Rebekah knew which son was chosen.

But twenty years later, when the moment came to actually receive the promise, Rebekah did not trust the Father to bring it about. She manipulated the situation. She dressed Jacob in Esau’s clothes. She put goat skin on his hands. She helped her son lie to his blind father.

She got what God said. But she got it the wrong way.

This is one of the most quietly painful patterns in the lives of women of faith. We hear from God. The word is real. But the timing is unbearable. So we help God along. We orchestrate. We manage. We make sure. And the thing the Father was going to give us anyway, we steal — and the cost shows up in our relationships, our children, our marriages, ourselves.

The promise is the Father’s to fulfill. Not yours to engineer.

One small thing today: name a place where you have been helping God along — managing an outcome, manipulating a situation, orchestrating a result the Father said He would bring. Take your hands off it. Wait. Watch what He does without your management.