Genesis 31:42: If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.
God sees how we deal with one another. The above verse is from the account when Jacob was finally leaving his father-in-law’s presence to take his family and start out on his own. Laban had tricked him into working double time to get the wife of his dreams, and then tried to leverage every advantage to keep as much of the increase in their flocks for himself. God saw it all, and convicted Laban to do right by Jacob and send him away on good terms with a fair amount. It was not only a covenant of material blessings, but proper relationship as well. Jacob comments here that this happened only because God saw what was going on and saw the hearts of those involved. God sees our motives as we deal with others. May we treat one another in that light.
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