God Speaks to Jacob (Gen. 28:13-15)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12-15-2006

 

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus:  God speaks to Jacob

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference: Genesis 28:13-15

 

            Message of the verse:  “13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants.  14  "Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.  15  "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

           

            God now speaks to Jacob, and in it should be noted that he did not rebuke him for being a part of the scheme of his mother, but God speaks to Jacob to tell him about the covenant promises that he too would be a part of just like his father and his grandfather were apart of.  God talks to him about the land that He will give to him and to his descendants and he also repeats a promise that He made to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, and that is that through his descendants all of the families of the earth will be blessed, and that would be through Jacob’s offspring Judah, and through his offspring David, and through his offspring Jesus Christ, the son of David and the Son of God.

           

            God gives Jacob a great promise in verse 15 where He tells him that “I will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”  I am sure these words form God gave great comfort to Jacob who probably was still thinking about Esau and the threat that he had towards Jacob. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  God is a God who will calm the fears of those that are His, and God is a God who will work His will through His children both for their good and for Him to be glorified through them.  God was glorified through the work that Jacob did and will be glorified through the work that He has planned for me to do.  (See Eph. 2:10)  “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

 

The Word of God has been refreshment to my soul as I read and studied and believed it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  That God would be glorified through what is happening in Canada this week and those things will be worked out for our good and for His glory.