Jacob sojourned with Laban and laboured for him for several years. At first, his host was cheating him at every opportunity, and the years of his hard labour were almost in vain. Down the line, God had to intervene to enable Jacob eat the fruit of his labour. In every area that you have been deprived of your reward in the hands of your employers or contractors, the Lord will intervene on your behalf in Jesus’ name.
It is evil when your sweat serves to increase the wealth of another man
without you having any benefit to show for it. After God decided to bless Jacob
to redeem the years of his labour under Laban, the sons of Laban and their
father conspired against him, believing that he did not deserve the wealth he
had earned. When God intervenes in your situation, you will become what the
enemy did not think you could ever become. God’s intervention brings reward for
labour. This can be manifested in God helping you to set up your own business
or company after faithfully serving another for a reasonable length of time.
Jacob ran Laban’s business as his own; he was faithful to tending the flocks
and the business grew rapidly under his care. Jacob later recognised that
although he had served Laban over the years, the man was not eager to grant him
independence. May the Lord deliver you from the wisdom and power of those who
don’t want you to become your best.
Reward for labour is obtained when the Lord delivers you from the hands of unfaithful business associates. Laban dealt fraudulently with Jacob; at several instances, he changed their business agreement just to make sure that Jacob lost out while he prospered. When the Lord chooses to reward your labour, He will not allow the plans of fraudsters against you to stand. Through fraud, there are many people who have lost their mouth-watering jobs innocently. Some people have been imprisoned for frauds they knew nothing about. Some people have lost millions and billions through fraud; this will never be your experience in Jesus’ Name. Also, when the Lord chooses to reward your labour, He will not allow your sincere investment to go in vain. Jacob invested his time, skills and labour into the business between himself and Laban. Reward for your labour comes when God decides to judge between you and those using you for their own advantage. After over 200 years of hard labour in Egypt, God came down to deliver the children of Israel and He gave them a land where they would enjoy the abundance provided by others. May the Lord cause you to enter into an inheritance of rest in Jesus’ name.
Joshua 24:13: And I have given you a land for which ye
did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the
vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Prayer Point: Father, grant me reward for all my labour and
remember me for good in Jesus’ name.
Read: Genesis 31:3-7
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