Genesis 28:15 (NKJV)
“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 spoken to you.”
Get our head on the Rock and it will speak."
“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 spoken to you.”
Get our head on the Rock and it will speak."
In his dream, Jacob saw a stairway or ladder descending from heaven to earth. Jacob sees this stairway resting on the earth right where he happened to be. On the stairway, Jacob saw the angels of God going up and down the stairs.
God had never spoken to Jacob before. God spoke to his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. He heard about God from his father and grandfather. He was raised in their faith and believed their faith, but he had never had a personal experience with the God. The amazing point is that God now speaks to Jacob at the moment of his desperation.
Now that he is running for his life, now that he is leaving the Promised Land, now that he has disgraced himself, now that he finally reached the bottom, God speaks to Jacob.
C.S. Lewis said “God whispers to us in our pleasure and shouts to us in our pain. Pain, he said, is God’s megaphone to rouse a sleeping world.” Now God moves to rouse Jacob even while he sleeps.
Not many people in the Bible saw angels. Jacob is one of those lucky few. What are the angels doing? They are taking messages from earth up to heaven and messages from heaven down to earth. They are heavenly couriers who report to God concerning the situation on the earth. They also carry out God’s will: Answering prayers, giving guidance, providing protection, fighting for the people of God, fending off the attacks of Satan.
God had never spoken to Jacob before. God spoke to his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. He heard about God from his father and grandfather. He was raised in their faith and believed their faith, but he had never had a personal experience with the God. The amazing point is that God now speaks to Jacob at the moment of his desperation.
Now that he is running for his life, now that he is leaving the Promised Land, now that he has disgraced himself, now that he finally reached the bottom, God speaks to Jacob.
C.S. Lewis said “God whispers to us in our pleasure and shouts to us in our pain. Pain, he said, is God’s megaphone to rouse a sleeping world.” Now God moves to rouse Jacob even while he sleeps.
Not many people in the Bible saw angels. Jacob is one of those lucky few. What are the angels doing? They are taking messages from earth up to heaven and messages from heaven down to earth. They are heavenly couriers who report to God concerning the situation on the earth. They also carry out God’s will: Answering prayers, giving guidance, providing protection, fighting for the people of God, fending off the attacks of Satan.
Today God’s angels are around you.
At the top of the ladder stood God himself. Just think about that. Jacob at the bottom, God at the top, a stairway filled with angels in between.
Listen, there was a reason why Jacob was a cheater. He cheated because he thought God was far away from him. He thought of a God in heaven having nothing to do with man’s day-to-day affairs.
To Jacob, God was too big to ever be concerned about someone like him. Jacob viewed God as entirely great, but so far from the earth that God had no time for the details of human life. We all feel that way sometimes. “I know God loves me, but in this big world how can God have time to care about me?”
That’s how Jacob had lived for all these years. He cheated because he thought God either didn’t notice or didn’t care or was too busy to help him out. So, Jacob consistently took matters into his own hands.
Listen, there was a reason why Jacob was a cheater. He cheated because he thought God was far away from him. He thought of a God in heaven having nothing to do with man’s day-to-day affairs.
To Jacob, God was too big to ever be concerned about someone like him. Jacob viewed God as entirely great, but so far from the earth that God had no time for the details of human life. We all feel that way sometimes. “I know God loves me, but in this big world how can God have time to care about me?”
That’s how Jacob had lived for all these years. He cheated because he thought God either didn’t notice or didn’t care or was too busy to help him out. So, Jacob consistently took matters into his own hands.
But Jacob is wrong.
Look at the message of the dream: Genesis 27:15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. God is telling: “Jacob, I’m nearer to you than you think I am.
Although I am in heaven and you are on earth, there’s a stairway that reaches from me to you. And my angels are constantly watching over you. When you travel, my stairway travels with you.
I was with you in Beersheba.
I was with you when you tricked Esau.
I was with you when you deceived your father.
I am with you tonight.
And I will be with you in Haran. (Haran means parched-dry-in Hebrew mountaineer rough place to climb or can’t breathe, or catch your breath…) Everywhere you go, I will go with you.”
This is a message about the nearness and promise of God to a messed-up Jacob.
In his brokenness and loneliness God is reassuring Jacob that God will be with Jacob.
Look at the message of the dream: Genesis 27:15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. God is telling: “Jacob, I’m nearer to you than you think I am.
Although I am in heaven and you are on earth, there’s a stairway that reaches from me to you. And my angels are constantly watching over you. When you travel, my stairway travels with you.
I was with you in Beersheba.
I was with you when you tricked Esau.
I was with you when you deceived your father.
I am with you tonight.
And I will be with you in Haran. (Haran means parched-dry-in Hebrew mountaineer rough place to climb or can’t breathe, or catch your breath…) Everywhere you go, I will go with you.”
This is a message about the nearness and promise of God to a messed-up Jacob.
In his brokenness and loneliness God is reassuring Jacob that God will be with Jacob.
ACTION STEP: God is nearer than you think. He wants to be in your life. Father God wants to be just that--a Father to you. Run to your Father God like a child. Give Him your broken life--He is a repairer of broken things. Now, get some rest. Lay your head on Jesus Christ the Solid Rock!
Tomorrow Part 4 of 7- Rest your head on the ROCK for a Reset!
Tomorrow Part 4 of 7- Rest your head on the ROCK for a Reset!
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