Genesis 30:22 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took time for Rachel to conceive eventually but she finally did because she kept waiting and praying. Despite the fact that she had asked her maid to bear her children from Jacob and notwithstanding the fact that Jacob never prayed for her to have children; yet she kept praying and kept believing. And because of her persistence and faith, Joseph \u2013 the beloved of God and the Prince of Egypt \u2013 was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t accept less than what God can do. Keep insisting on the best that you know is before you. Don\u2019t be in a hurry to take a short cut to your destiny (as Sarah had done with Hagar and Rachel had done with Bilhah). Joseph was God\u2019s will for Rachel, but she\u2019d accepted several other sons to be born to her through Bilhah. Joseph was God\u2019s plan for Rachel. And Joseph eventually became the savior of the whole clan of Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t just multiply; seek God\u2019s pattern and God\u2019s best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will persevere and endure until I enter into the fullness of all that God has in store for me and my generation. I will not settle for less. O God, I will not settle for less; don\u2019t allow me to find satisfaction in less. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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