Blind Desire
Genesis 34: Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she
had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And
when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her,
he took her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His
soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman. 4 So
Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a
wife.”
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Dinah was trying to accept the move, so she went to meet the
Hivite women Isaac and Rebekah despised. Shechem the son of the ruler Hamor and
who the city was named after, saw how beautiful Dinah was and violated her. He
loved Dinah and spoke kindly to her. He demanded that Hamor get Dinah as his
wife.
My Observations:
- Shechem
saw what he wanted and took what he wanted.
- Shechem
may have been in love with Dinah, but had no consideration for her
feelings.
- Shechem
tried to sweet talk Dinah into wanting to be with him, but that may not
have been working, so he demanded his father to force her to be his wife.
When the desire to have something that does not belong to a
person is there, bad decisions are made. Shechem wanted something and felt he
could take it instead of allowing the relationship to blossom naturally.
Shechem was dangerous because he could run and tell people who supported his
every move, that he wanted what he wanted and that’s the way it is. The town
was named “Shechem!”
It isn’t just about power. We want what we want and see
things from a “me” perspective like Shechem. His desire would cause a lot of
people to be hurt because he took what he wanted without a drop of humility.
Another mess happened. GOD saw the mess.
Challenge
- Why
did GOD tell Moses about what Shechem did to Dinah and how he reacted?
- Have
you ever wanted something so badly, that all decisions are made from
getting that thing?
- Are
you willing to ask GOD to change your desire into HIS desire instead of
steering HIM into getting your way?
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