Let God Sort It Out

Genesis 49
29 Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. 30 This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And there I buried Leah. 32 It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”

As many times as I have read this passage of Scripture, a significance contained herein had never caught my attention until a sermon I heard last year pointed it out. Jacob makes Joseph promise to bury him in the family “graveyard.” Yes, he wants to be buried with Abraham and Isaac, and LEAH! The wife who was unloved in life was buried in the family plot! Where was Rachel buried? In the land of Canaan, beside the road to Ephrath. Leah’s faithfulness to God throughout the hardships of her life, landed her in a place of honor upon her death. No matter how hard life may be, I need to be faithful to God, and let Him sort out all the details. Let Him be the One who bestows any honor (if any is) due.