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“Working For Laban” by Kirk Hunt
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 31:41 KJV
Jacob ran to Uncle Laban for protection and support. For the next 20 years, Laban kept the young man safe from outsiders. Unfortunately, Jacob needed someone to keep him safe from Uncle Laban.
Honesty, fairness and loyalty are precious. For two decades, Jacob learned and re-learned that lesson. Jacob left wealthy, but he understood Brother Esau’s complaint against him.
Perhaps you are working for a modern day Laban. It is difficult to work with someone who seems so intent on profiting only at your expense. There are days you do not feel forgotten, you feel sentenced, to that place and space.
Jacob became wealthy and blessed working for Laban. God fulfilled His promises to make a great nation of Jacob. In the same way, God will fulfill His promises to you.
No matter how “Laban” schemes or maneuvers, God will see that you get what He promised. No amount or level of human trickery can overcome God’s faithfulness.
There is a blessing in that place and those folk. God will secure you. Even more, He will enrich you. Be faithful. No matter how faithless they are.
Stay honest and loyal. Do the right work, the right way. You will leave ‘Laban’ with all that God has promised.
Think: God will deliver His promises to me, if I do my part.
Pray: “Lord, help me to be faithful, even to a ‘Laban.’”
Copyright © February 2012, Kirk Hunt
