# 233 Struggles With Pregnancy

The Book of Genesis

Day 233

 Ge 25:19 This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.

 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

 21 Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.

Lots of pleading and inquiring of the Lord here concerning the process of birthing children!  This ought to cause every one of us to pause and consider the miracle of childbirth.  From conception, to formation in the womb, to the actual birth of a child, it's all a totally miraculous process!

Oh, we have tried to remove God from the process through test tubes and other kinds of genetic engineering, (many times at the price of the death of embryos who are created in the image of God! Please consider this possible ramification as you, along with Isaac, plead to God for children!)

But the bottom line is God is the creator of life. He gives the green light or the red light to life. He determines the ease or the struggles involved in bringing a child into this world. I don't think we emphasize this enough in our world today, and this lack of acknowledgment has often led to us taking life into our own hands, often with disastrous results. 

Here are some reminders from the Scriptures about the Creator of our lives:

 Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

 Ac 17:25 "Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

 1Ti 6:13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things,

 Joh 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

 De 32:39 'Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

And if these aren't enough reminders, there's always the 139^th Psalm.

God is the author of life. It is to Him that we plead our cause, and it is to Him that we bring the struggles of the birthing process. We use, (not abuse)  the technology that He has mercifully granted to us, always making sure it is in line with His Word.

Remember, you are not alone in your struggles. You join Isaac, Rebekah, and millions of others since God first breathed life into the nostrils of Adam.  Give God thanks and all the glory for this thing we call life!