The Lord Be With You Today!
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham,
God of my father Isaac, Lord, You Who said to me,
'Go back to your country and your relatives,
and I will make you prosper,'"
(Since the Lord chose to record this prayer in His Word
and since it is the beginning of the first recorded prayer in the Bible,
we would do well to model our own prayers after this first example.
First, Jacob, calls directly on God in his invocation.
He acknowledges Who God is, his personal, covenant God.
As Jacob prepares to plead for protection
and for the Lord to fulfill the covenant promises
He has made to Jacob's forefathers,
Jacob refers to the Lord's truth over his life and His promise to him,
to remind himself and the Lord of His call on his life and His declared protection.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham,
God of my father Isaac, Lord, You Who said to me,
'Go back to your country and your relatives,
and I will make you prosper,'"
(Since the Lord chose to record this prayer in His Word
and since it is the beginning of the first recorded prayer in the Bible,
we would do well to model our own prayers after this first example.
First, Jacob, calls directly on God in his invocation.
He acknowledges Who God is, his personal, covenant God.
As Jacob prepares to plead for protection
and for the Lord to fulfill the covenant promises
He has made to Jacob's forefathers,
Jacob refers to the Lord's truth over his life and His promise to him,
to remind himself and the Lord of His call on his life and His declared protection.
When we speak forth the Lord's promises in His Word,
we are speaking out our own request
that the Lord fulfills them in our lives today.
Jacob is responding to the Lord's call to return to his home land.
Because of his deceitfulness and his brother Esau's anger with Jacob,
we are speaking out our own request
that the Lord fulfills them in our lives today.
Jacob is responding to the Lord's call to return to his home land.
Because of his deceitfulness and his brother Esau's anger with Jacob,
in a self-imposed exile from his homeland for twenty years for his own safety,
and, as it turned out, working as a hired hand for his uncle,
Jacob had left the Promised Land from Bethel,
the last place that we see of him in that Land
which he had named the house of God and where he had gained
some early realization of the real meaning of his birth place.
Having departed abruptly, because of his treachery against his brother,
he had left with nothing, but now is returning to his homeland with abundance.
and, as it turned out, working as a hired hand for his uncle,
Jacob had left the Promised Land from Bethel,
the last place that we see of him in that Land
which he had named the house of God and where he had gained
some early realization of the real meaning of his birth place.
Having departed abruptly, because of his treachery against his brother,
he had left with nothing, but now is returning to his homeland with abundance.
The Lord has called him back to his home
and has promised him even greater prosperity
than that with which he has been blessed up to this point.
Now, after twenty years, the Lord knows Jacob is ready to return.
The Lord does not leave us in exile. He does not forget us.
Today, though we may have sinned,
though our actions may have brought unexpected consequences,
though we may have been forced to leave behind what we treasured,
though we may have had to leave empty-handed,
the Lord today is calling us home to the place
where He has birthed in us the legacy and divine plans
that He has established for us to continue to fulfill
and where He showers us with prosperity and blessing.)
and has promised him even greater prosperity
than that with which he has been blessed up to this point.
Now, after twenty years, the Lord knows Jacob is ready to return.
The Lord does not leave us in exile. He does not forget us.
Today, though we may have sinned,
though our actions may have brought unexpected consequences,
though we may have been forced to leave behind what we treasured,
though we may have had to leave empty-handed,
the Lord today is calling us home to the place
where He has birthed in us the legacy and divine plans
that He has established for us to continue to fulfill
and where He showers us with prosperity and blessing.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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