The Lord Be With You Today!
Genesis 32:11
"Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau,
for I am afraid he will come and attack me,
(As Jacob continues his prayer, the first recorded in the Bible,
after acknowledging God and His covenant with his family,
he asks the Lord for protection from a very possible and real threat,
stating his need clearly and honestly.
This phrase in the Hebrew indicates extreme ruthlessness,
certainly a possible response from Esau to Jacob's family.
He does not know how Esau will receive him,
but he knows how he left Esau and the wrong
that he had committed against his brother.
As is so often the case, we, like Jacob,
try to take God's declarations and promises
about His plans for us into our own hands,
and, by so doing, wreck havoc on ourselves and others whom we wrong,
but the Lord in His gracious mercy urges us to bring
the situations that we sometimes have even helped create ourselves
and to ask Him to intervene on our behalf.)
and also the mothers with their children.
(Not only is Jacob concerned for himself,
but he is also concerned for the well-being of his family,
knowing that what he had done earlier against his brother
may well affect his brother's actions toward them as well as Jacob.
The Hebrew phrase here refers to a mother bird
hovering over her brood to protect them to her death.
Jacob was facing a very real possible threat.
When we deceive, when we cheat, when we hurt others,
we not only bring destruction to ourselves,
but we also invite grave consequences into the lives of those around us.
The Lord tells us here that He will protectively hover over us
even in the face of very real and serious threats.
He still today is our Protector and Deliverer
even from our past and its present-day consequences.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
Genesis 32:11
"Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau,
for I am afraid he will come and attack me,
(As Jacob continues his prayer, the first recorded in the Bible,
after acknowledging God and His covenant with his family,
he asks the Lord for protection from a very possible and real threat,
stating his need clearly and honestly.
This phrase in the Hebrew indicates extreme ruthlessness,
certainly a possible response from Esau to Jacob's family.
He does not know how Esau will receive him,
but he knows how he left Esau and the wrong
that he had committed against his brother.
As is so often the case, we, like Jacob,
try to take God's declarations and promises
about His plans for us into our own hands,
and, by so doing, wreck havoc on ourselves and others whom we wrong,
but the Lord in His gracious mercy urges us to bring
the situations that we sometimes have even helped create ourselves
and to ask Him to intervene on our behalf.)
and also the mothers with their children.
(Not only is Jacob concerned for himself,
but he is also concerned for the well-being of his family,
knowing that what he had done earlier against his brother
may well affect his brother's actions toward them as well as Jacob.
The Hebrew phrase here refers to a mother bird
hovering over her brood to protect them to her death.
Jacob was facing a very real possible threat.
When we deceive, when we cheat, when we hurt others,
we not only bring destruction to ourselves,
but we also invite grave consequences into the lives of those around us.
The Lord tells us here that He will protectively hover over us
even in the face of very real and serious threats.
He still today is our Protector and Deliverer
even from our past and its present-day consequences.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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