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Isaac blessing Jacob with the blessing that
God gave to his father Abraham when he left Haran for the Promised Land.
I will bless those who bless you and curse
those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed
through you. Genesis 12:3.
It doesn’t appear that God ever directly
gave Isaac that part of the blessing. He promised to bless him…
I will cause your descendants to become as
numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And
through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. I will
do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements,
commands, decrees, and instructions. Genesis 26:4-5.
God continues His blessing of Jacob when
Jacob is on the way to Haran, sleeping and dreaming of the stairway to Heaven.
At the top of the stairway stood the LORD,
and he said, "I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the
God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am
giving it to you and your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as
the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and
the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be
blessed through you and your descendants. What's more, I am with you, and I
will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I
will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised
you." Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is
in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!" Genesis 28:13-16.
Interestingly Jacob responds with a vow that
IF God does bless him and keep him safe, then God will be his God. Are we ever
in a place that we can consider “The Lord’s place” and not realize it? Do we
put conditions on our relationship with God? If you take care of me and my
family, you will be my God?
Prayer
~ Lord God, open our eyes to see all creation and everything You have provided
for us as... “The Lord’s Place” so that we may honor You in all that we think,
see, say and do. You are our God—no matter what happens to us or where we are.
Bible
Reading: January 22 – Genesis 30-31
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scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted
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