Poor Jacob thought his trickery of his father had gone unnoticed. He forgot that God was watching everything and everybody—including him! Someone said, “You may get by, but you won’t get away!” Little did Jacob know that God would discipline him by preparing someone even trickier than he to enter his life. “My child, don’t ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don’t be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves. . . .”(Proverbs 3:11-12).
For seven long years Jacob served Laban for his daughter Rachel. Then, on the wedding night, Laban tricked him into marrying Leah. It is interesting that Jacob deceived his father in a tent, and later he himself was deceived in a tent! God will discipline you with the exact process you used on someone else. God loved Jacob and knew that until he met a superior deceiver, he would be tricking, deceiving, and supplanting for the rest of his life.
Do not despise the Lord’s work in your life. He loves you, and His discipline will yield “a quiet harvest of right living” (Hebrews 12:11).
Genesis 28:1–29:35
Matthew 9:18-9:38
Psalm 11:1-11:7
Proverbs 3:11-3:12