STAY STRONG, GOD IS WITH YOU!
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.”Genesis 28
I received this verse from Genesis 28 a long time ago, but I read it again this morning. God met with Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother Esau after stealing his blessing. God spoke three promises to Jacob in a dream.
13 There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I WILL GIVE YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS THE LAND ON WHICH YOU ARE LYING.”
God spoke the opposite of Jacob’s circumstances, he was fleeing from the land, but God said He was giving it to him and his and his offspring. Our God is the God of the impossible.
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.
Jacob left Canaan with only his staff, but again God spoke multiplication to him, many descendants. Through this lone man with his staff, God was going to bless ‘all peoples on earth’.
God concluded His message to Jacob with His personal promise that, ‘He was with him (He’s with us today) and would watch over him’. Laban changed his wages ten times, but God was with Jacob and blessed him. WHEN WE WALK WITH GOD, no-one can get the better of His Blessing on our lives!
11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” Genesis 35
More than twenty years later, God brought Jacob back to Bethel, this fulfilling part of His Promise. He reaffirmed the Promise to Jacob that He’d made before. Jacob, now called Israel, had survived many scrapes and struggles. GOD WAS WITH HIM AND BROUGHT HIM THROUGH THEM ALL.
So remember, Stay Strong, God is with you!
God bless and keep you today.