Genesis: Leah & Rachel
LESSON SUMMARY
God blessed the world through Leah
God doesn’t choose people the way the world chooses. The world chooses the biggest, best and strongest. God chooses the weakest and lovely so that His strength and greatness can be shown through them.
God chooses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, the weak things to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)
Leah was unwanted and unloved by her father (who was eager to get rid of her) and her husband (who made his preference for Rachel obvious to all).
Yet God chose her and blessed all of mankind through Leah’s 4th son Judah. Jesus Christ was descended from the line of Judah.
Even if no one else loves us … God loves us!
In fact, God loved us sooooo much, that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for us and save us from our sin. (John 3:16)
Jesus loved God’s people, whether they are beautiful or ugly, good or bad. They didn’t need to be beautiful for Him to love them. He would love them with all His heart. And they would be beautiful because He loved them.
If you ever looked in the mirror and said, “No one loves me” … always remember that Jesus loves you most of all!
Do you know anyone who needs to know how much Jesus loves them? Let’s share Jesus’ love to everyone!
