Leave Bethel

Leave Bethel

"Leaving Bethel, they traveled on toward Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). But Rachel's pains of childbirth began while they were still some distance away." (Gen.35.16 NLT)

One would wonder why God would ask Jacob to leave Bethel when He was the One that asked Jacob to go and stay there in the first place. We must understand that God is a God of purpose and that He never does anything without purpose. Purpose that may not be obvious to us at the time. 

God sometimes takes us through, in order to bring us to. Bethel was a place Jacob needed to go through in order to come into the promises of God. Sometimes, God let's us go through stuff so He could reveal an aspect of Himself to us. He allows us go through those seeming difficult situations, only for Him to show us an aspect of Himself we would never find out otherwise. 

They had to leave Bethel. 

Why? 

So that they can come into the age-long promise that God had handpicked him for. 

"the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants"(Gen.35.12) 

In Bethel he could not come into this blessing. So God made him go through Bethel in oder to bring him into the promise God made to Abraham and Isaac before him. 

What you are going through right now is just a going through, God is using it to bring you to what He has destined for you and destined you for. 

Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro 
(aka Mr. Lift)

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