Jacob refused to let Benjamin
go down to Egypt at first. He didn’t want his son Benjamin to go the way of
Joseph, meanwhile Simeon was still
detained in Pharaoh’s house. Judah intervened and started given reasons why
Benjamin should go down to Egypt with them. He equally staked himself just to ensure Benjamin goes with them and finally at the end his reasoning prevailed
which saw their father release Benjamin to follow them down to Egypt. On reaching Egypt, Joseph in trying to prank his siblings hid a cup in Benjamin’s
bag, in a way of trying to use that to detain Benjamin. Again genuine reasoning
by Judah prevailed.
In Psalms 13, our today’s
Bible reading, like Jacob, David also was confused at that point in his life
that he started questioning God, how long…..? But thank God, David still trusted
in God’s mercy and he later rejoiced in the Lord for God has dealt bountifully
with him in the past. We are to as well count our blessings any time trouble
seems to overwhelm us, when we do that we must surely see reasons to continue
to rejoice in the Lord, like David did instead of being downcast.
In our Bible passage for today
in Matthew, Jesus released his healing powers upon the Canaanite woman’s
daughter who was dying after the woman gave reasons why her daughter must be
made whole, the same way Jacob released his son Benjamin to go to Egypt with
his other siblings when Judah also gave genuine reasons why he should follow
them down to Egypt. We also as Believers in Christ should always present our
issues to God with genuine reasons as we have seen in our today’s Bible
passages. God in the book of Isaiah had also said, come let us reason together …
Amen!
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, help me to always plead my cause in a way and manner you will answer me speedily, Amen.
Ref:
Bible in one year with Nicky Gumbel
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