Lord your keeper

Genesis  28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Genesis 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Praise the Lord

Today we will meditate upon Jacob. There are many phases of his life. Today we will discuss about his first phase where he deceived his brother for a blessing and ran away from his brother.

Isaac had two sons Esau and Jacob and as the story goes. Esau was loved by Isaac and Jacob was loved by Rebecca.

Jacob was cunning and wanted blessing from his father. Since he was younger to Esau and as a rule the elder will receive the blessing first due to his birthright. Esau despised his birthright and gave it to Jacob for gluttony.

Here we find an important lesson when we resort to our own methods of seeking blessing we are faced with numerous troubles. What we sow we reap.

Jacob should have waited for the blessing but instead he listened to his mother and did what was wrong the result was.

1. He was driven out of the house due to circumstances.
2. He couldn't see his mother at her deathbed.
3. He lived a life of fear
4. He was deceived by Laban for 10 times.
5. He was deceived by his sons for his son Joseph.
6. His life was full of tears.

Saints, but Lord had a different plan. He knew that Jacob was a cunning and would try every methods to be blessed.

So He came to him in a dream and commanded him to follow him as his father and his grandfather did.

He also mentioned what will He do by following him.

1. He will be with him wherever he goes.
2. He will keep him from all troubles.
3. He will bring him back to his land.
4. He will not leave him till he fulfill His promise that he spoke of him.

Today when we look into our lives are we like Jacob, trusting ourselves in all we do, listening to people and not following God's instructions. We would eventually get what we have sowed.

Saints, days are near for Lord's coming. He said Be Holy as I am Holy.

God bless