FREEDOM FROM BARRENNESS: EXAMPLE OF RACHEL IN GENESIS 30

Every child of God is ordained to be fruitful, so fruitfulness is our heritage in Christ Jesus. Gen 1:28 (And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth). Genesis 30:22-24 (And God remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach) Based on our last segment on Rachel, we talked about marital delays. As if her delay in marriage and the shenanigan pulled by her father was not enough she also found it difficult to conceive. She kept contending with her sister Leah. She cried unto God and He heard her cry and opened her womb. What was her crime? You may ask, she did nothing wrong. Satan was behind all her ordeal, because he knew what Rachel’s marriage with Jacob was going to produce, so he tried very hard to stop them. Like Apostle Paul said in 1corinthians 16:9(For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries). Every great door attracts adversaries, so we need to contend with the enemy of our open door in battle. Romans 8:31 says if God be us, who can be against us? That’s the more reason that we need to align with God. When God wanted to deliver the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, he executed judgment on the gods of Egypt. Exodus 12:12(For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD). I pray for the person reading this, that God will execute vengeance on the enemies of your open doors today, in Jesus name. Why was Satan after Rachel’s destiny? Rachel was to deliver a destiny child called Joseph, who later helped in saving the life of a whole Nation during the time of famine that lasted for seven years. If Satan had succeeded in stopping Rachel’s marriage to Jacob, he would have achieved his aim. Since he could not stop the marriage, he tried to stop her fruitfulness by making her barren of which he failed woefully. If you are experiencing a delay in child bearing, don’t give up yet. God is preparing your womb to carry a special child. In my studying of the women in the bible, I found out that all the women who experienced a delay in conceiving eventually gave birth to a special child. Here are some examples of women who experienced delay in child bearing in the Bible; Hanna, Samuel’s mother, Sarah, Isaac’s mother, Elizabeth, John the Baptist’s mother, etc. the same God who remembered Rachel and took away her reproach will remember you today in Jesus name. I don’t know in which area of your life the enemy is fighting you to keep you from bearing fruit. It may be in your career, your marriage, or your ministry. Here is the good news, you are ordained to be fruitful, so don’t give up yet. Jesus is still in the business of setting people free. He is just waiting for you to recognize that he is here to answer you. Give him the opportunity to execute vengeance on the gods of Egypt trying to stop your fruitfulness by accepting him as your Lord and savior. Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and saviour. Now I know, I am Born Again, Amen. #womanyouarefree neneisahoc@gmail.com