ARE THEY GOD?
Today's reading: Genesis 29-31

"When Rachel saw that she wasn't having any children, she became jealous of her sister. Give me children, or I'll die! she exclaimed to Jacob. Jacob flew into a rage, Am I God? he asked. He is the only one able to give you children!" Genesis 30:1-2 NLT

What if those we love and lean on and learn the most from were to be our Jacob's for a day?

When we are depending upon them to fulfill us?

When we are expecting them to complete us?

When we believe with all that's in us that they should be giving us purpose? Giving us peace? Giving us status? Giving us hope? Giving us enough love to last a lifetime?

What if that loved one stopped us by saying, or in Jacob's case, shouting,  Am I God?

Because, they can't do any of that for us.

You and I have to be very, very careful to not expect those in our lives to be who they are not.

It's no different from expecting a certain figure in our bank account to make life comfortable and easy.

Or a specific number on the bathroom scale to give us peace and joy.

Or a hard worked for title earning us respect and admiration from those around us.

Our expectations set us for failure if we are looking anywhere else but to God.

My prayer today is that anything and anyone that I'm putting in that position will stop and ask me today, Am I God? Just to re-set my thinking and re-align my focus.