“Never give up on your dream…
because you never know what the Lord can bless you with” (Kelly Rowland).
Jacob was quite an interesting
person in the Bible. When he was young all he seemed to care about was power.
He was a trickster. He tricked his brother, Esau, into giving up his
birthright. Jacob then went to Laban’s home where he wanted to marry Rachel,
Laban’s daughter. The irony was that Laban tricked Jacob into working 14 years
for him rather than 7. Jacob ended up marrying Leah and Rachel. Even though
Jacob sinned against his fellow man and God, God blessed him.
Jacob went back to his
homeland. On the way he was worried about what Esau would do to him. Jacob
stayed on one side of the river while his family was on the other side. During the night Jacob wrestled with a man till daybreak. The man even
touched Jacob’s hip so it was wrenched while he was wrestling with him (Gen.
32.22-31). The man said “let me go, for it is daybreak.” Jacob refused to let
the man go until the man blessed him. The man blessed Jacob.
Jacob did make many mistakes
but he never gave up. That is why God never gave up on him. Jacob had faith in
God. It took Jacob a little bit to grow into his faith but that’s the beauty of
it. Once we know God, we don’t stay like babies in our faith. Our faith grows.
Jacob grew and never gave up. We can learn this lesson from a trickster. Never
give up on God because he never gives up on you.
So, do you need to grow in your
faith? How can your faith in God grow today? Will you choose to never give up
event though it is hard?
Genesis 28-32, Galatians 6:9, 1
Peter 2:1-25
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