Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
I try to live a good, godly life, and I mess up. Every. Single. Day. But Jacob’s story gives me hope. His entire family schemed to get their way. Every single person was duplicitous in some way. But God. God had a plan to send His only Son, through Jacob’s line no less. And God keeps His promises.
Genesis 28:15 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.”
The urge to say, “But that’s not fair” is so strong. Jacob cheated, and still he gets this favor? Rebekah schemed, and still her favorite gets God’s blessing? Isaac tried to circumvent God’s wishes, and still God blesses his line? How is that fair? But I have messed up again and again, and God hasn’t turned His back on me yet. He hasn’t decided I’m just not worth it, either. Thank You, Jesus.
Genesis 28:16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
Precious Savior, Thank You for the reminder of grace upon grace that You have lavished on me. Thank You for the reminder that the behaviors that make me want to cry “That’s not fair” are the same things You do for me, day in and day out: second chances, forgiveness, grace, love. Thank You for loving me abundantly, faults and all. Help me to love others as You love me. Amen.
Genesis 28:17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
Have a blessed day.