My Tribe
Since we have been studying the 12 tribes of Israel, I have not been able to identify with any of them until last night. I was reading the chapter ahead while I was waiting for class to start and was laughing at just about everything in there because is was sooooooo me.
Let me explain:
Each tribe has it's own name meaning, gem stone, prophecies and great people. It has it's own good characteristics and bad characteristics. Well, I could see me in just about everything I was reading.
So do you really want to know what they are? I don't know if I really want to share my faults......
Issachar is the tribe I identify with. He is the 9th son of Jacob and 5th son of Leah. Leah had stopped bearing children for a while and Reuben had found some mandrakes which were supposed to help infertility. Rachel tried to get them. Leah, his mother, was angry and wanted them also.... So they made a deal and Leah sold the mandrakes to purchase a night with Jacob.
How sad. Anyway the meaning of the name Issachar is "I paid for what I hired" or "I got paid back."
Issachar is a "born servant." He is born to serve. He is a servant of humility and a person of compassion and he cannot get away from it because it is the mark that God put upon the tribe from the night that he was conceived.
He is unobtrusively present. You do not notice him in a crowd, but let him be missing and you will realize it because he is needed all of the time. If you want a job done, look for Issachar, he is ready to help because this is his calling and his inheritance. They are careful, deliberate, cautious and not easily excited or disturbed. They keep cool under pressure especially in lofty high places. They make natural pilots.
The symbol is the humble donkey (great, I am an ass) and the gemstone is the amethyst (purple quartz- supposed to be for royalty).
He has great strength, physically and spiritually. they are sure footed and can go where no other beast of burden can go. They carry tremendously heavy loads. Every true donkey has the mark of the cross on his back. They are carriers of the cross. They not only carry their own cross, but they are carrying a 1/2 dozen other crosses at the same time. They do not only have strength to go up the mountain, but they have strength to carry a load on the way up. They were born to carry big and heavy burdens. The prophecy says he carries 2 burdens. Issachar is always carrying more than one burden- he carries a double portion. He is always concerned about his neighbour, but this double burden gives him balance.
They sing to give them strength to keep up to the rhythm of their song. You hear him come into the house or sit down in the chair and he lets out a big long sigh. Hmmmmm. You wonder if he is in pain, but when you ask, there is nothing wrong. He is just moaning and groaning under his burdens. But it expresses his feelings and you must not take offence over it.
"And he saw that rest was good" .... He longs for the day when he can sit down in the easy chair and put his feet up in front of him, but he never gets there. An Issacharite will never retire. His work and weariness give him a great appreciation for rest but he never gets to it. He works until he is overcome then falls asleep just where he is... (that can be embarrassing)
Issachar is going to read about 99 books but never gets around to it because he falls asleep at the bottom of the first page. He is lucky to make it through one. He wants to find someone to blame but can't because God made him that way.
"and the land, that it was pleasant".... He loves the good earth, never a city person, doesn't care for it. He has a great appreciation for God's creation. He does not count the things that others value as important.
There are things that can ensnare the soul of the Issacharite. It is possible for him to get so tied up that he is never able to fulfill God's plan for his life. It is not big things that bring him into bondage, but a lot of little things which to the other tribes seem insignificant. They are very important to the Issachar... such as accumulation of odds and ends which most would throw into the trash. He saves everything and becomes a pack rat. Most of the time things are piled up in an orderly confusion that others want to run to escape from it all. (sound like someone else we know? LOL)
He can easily become a workaholic.
He can become enslaved by his need to do everything so perfectly correct.... enslaved with details. He needs to make sure he knows what the correct priorities are.
He is not a gate crasher or grand-stander but will leave his tracks in the sand. He will never push people out of his way, he is never at the front of the line, but he will be there helping some weaker, older person to get to the front of the line.
They hate religious show business and want to serve God with pure motive and look for others who will do the same. Issachar has the gift of understanding the times, to know what Israel ought to do.
He will stretch himself out beyond normal and is always trying to do everything. He will take on five jobs at once. He is so busy that if you speak to him at the wrong moment, he might bray at you.... but then will feel terrible because he doesn't want to be like that.
As he comes into maturity, he is grateful to God and becomes watchful over his inheritance and enters into the ministry of guardian and keeper of God's children. As a watcher he will be the last one to lock up the door at night, make sure the windows are closed if it rains, notice if the gas in the tank is full and there's water in the radiator, when the car is ready for a journey and all the little things that most of the other tribes don't think about. Then the Issachar will wonder WHY the other tribes couldn't think about these things. They notice every "loose screw" in the place. There will always be provision in their house.
An Issacharite doesn't speak much, he is usually quiet and reserved, not a "blabbermouth" like some of the rest of the tribes are. But when an Issacharite has something to say you really should listen because he has understanding concerning the times. They make preparations for what is coming and see ahead. They will subscribe to newspapers and magazines with this type of information, but never have time to read them because they are just too busy. They will skim the headlines and be alerted though.
They love cars and anything that moves. They give everything they have to give. When they don't have anything to give, they are sad. Because of his understanding concerning the times, he will only give to the ministry that is doing something for God.
Main weakness: If they lose their humility, they lose their identity- When they think they are self made and forget that God raised them up from the dust.
Anyway, there was so much more to this session, but for the most part... this is me. I kept laughing at the organized paper piles, and the doing 10 things at once, and starting a book and being unable to finish because I fall asleep.... falling asleep wherever I am. I have fallen asleep in the chair while my husband has had company over... they both laughed at me.
Let me explain:
Each tribe has it's own name meaning, gem stone, prophecies and great people. It has it's own good characteristics and bad characteristics. Well, I could see me in just about everything I was reading.
So do you really want to know what they are? I don't know if I really want to share my faults......
Issachar is the tribe I identify with. He is the 9th son of Jacob and 5th son of Leah. Leah had stopped bearing children for a while and Reuben had found some mandrakes which were supposed to help infertility. Rachel tried to get them. Leah, his mother, was angry and wanted them also.... So they made a deal and Leah sold the mandrakes to purchase a night with Jacob.
How sad. Anyway the meaning of the name Issachar is "I paid for what I hired" or "I got paid back."
Issachar is a "born servant." He is born to serve. He is a servant of humility and a person of compassion and he cannot get away from it because it is the mark that God put upon the tribe from the night that he was conceived.
He is unobtrusively present. You do not notice him in a crowd, but let him be missing and you will realize it because he is needed all of the time. If you want a job done, look for Issachar, he is ready to help because this is his calling and his inheritance. They are careful, deliberate, cautious and not easily excited or disturbed. They keep cool under pressure especially in lofty high places. They make natural pilots.
The symbol is the humble donkey (great, I am an ass) and the gemstone is the amethyst (purple quartz- supposed to be for royalty).
He has great strength, physically and spiritually. they are sure footed and can go where no other beast of burden can go. They carry tremendously heavy loads. Every true donkey has the mark of the cross on his back. They are carriers of the cross. They not only carry their own cross, but they are carrying a 1/2 dozen other crosses at the same time. They do not only have strength to go up the mountain, but they have strength to carry a load on the way up. They were born to carry big and heavy burdens. The prophecy says he carries 2 burdens. Issachar is always carrying more than one burden- he carries a double portion. He is always concerned about his neighbour, but this double burden gives him balance.
They sing to give them strength to keep up to the rhythm of their song. You hear him come into the house or sit down in the chair and he lets out a big long sigh. Hmmmmm. You wonder if he is in pain, but when you ask, there is nothing wrong. He is just moaning and groaning under his burdens. But it expresses his feelings and you must not take offence over it.
"And he saw that rest was good" .... He longs for the day when he can sit down in the easy chair and put his feet up in front of him, but he never gets there. An Issacharite will never retire. His work and weariness give him a great appreciation for rest but he never gets to it. He works until he is overcome then falls asleep just where he is... (that can be embarrassing)
Issachar is going to read about 99 books but never gets around to it because he falls asleep at the bottom of the first page. He is lucky to make it through one. He wants to find someone to blame but can't because God made him that way.
"and the land, that it was pleasant".... He loves the good earth, never a city person, doesn't care for it. He has a great appreciation for God's creation. He does not count the things that others value as important.
There are things that can ensnare the soul of the Issacharite. It is possible for him to get so tied up that he is never able to fulfill God's plan for his life. It is not big things that bring him into bondage, but a lot of little things which to the other tribes seem insignificant. They are very important to the Issachar... such as accumulation of odds and ends which most would throw into the trash. He saves everything and becomes a pack rat. Most of the time things are piled up in an orderly confusion that others want to run to escape from it all. (sound like someone else we know? LOL)
He can easily become a workaholic.
He can become enslaved by his need to do everything so perfectly correct.... enslaved with details. He needs to make sure he knows what the correct priorities are.
He is not a gate crasher or grand-stander but will leave his tracks in the sand. He will never push people out of his way, he is never at the front of the line, but he will be there helping some weaker, older person to get to the front of the line.
They hate religious show business and want to serve God with pure motive and look for others who will do the same. Issachar has the gift of understanding the times, to know what Israel ought to do.
He will stretch himself out beyond normal and is always trying to do everything. He will take on five jobs at once. He is so busy that if you speak to him at the wrong moment, he might bray at you.... but then will feel terrible because he doesn't want to be like that.
As he comes into maturity, he is grateful to God and becomes watchful over his inheritance and enters into the ministry of guardian and keeper of God's children. As a watcher he will be the last one to lock up the door at night, make sure the windows are closed if it rains, notice if the gas in the tank is full and there's water in the radiator, when the car is ready for a journey and all the little things that most of the other tribes don't think about. Then the Issachar will wonder WHY the other tribes couldn't think about these things. They notice every "loose screw" in the place. There will always be provision in their house.
An Issacharite doesn't speak much, he is usually quiet and reserved, not a "blabbermouth" like some of the rest of the tribes are. But when an Issacharite has something to say you really should listen because he has understanding concerning the times. They make preparations for what is coming and see ahead. They will subscribe to newspapers and magazines with this type of information, but never have time to read them because they are just too busy. They will skim the headlines and be alerted though.
They love cars and anything that moves. They give everything they have to give. When they don't have anything to give, they are sad. Because of his understanding concerning the times, he will only give to the ministry that is doing something for God.
Main weakness: If they lose their humility, they lose their identity- When they think they are self made and forget that God raised them up from the dust.
Anyway, there was so much more to this session, but for the most part... this is me. I kept laughing at the organized paper piles, and the doing 10 things at once, and starting a book and being unable to finish because I fall asleep.... falling asleep wherever I am. I have fallen asleep in the chair while my husband has had company over... they both laughed at me.
posted by Mrs Edgey at 10/31/2007 09:10:00 AM
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