We Are The People

Genesis 38:15-19 “¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face. ¹⁶ Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” ¹⁷ And he said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.” So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”

¹⁸ Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. ¹⁹ So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.”

There is much drama and deceit in this story. We find here the truth that “whatever one sows, they also shall reap.” Pray that when deceitful acts are revealed, people with good intentions will not get in the way of God’s word being fulfilled.