by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:6-7 (NKJV) “And you know that with all my might I have served your father. Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.” Jacob was just as crooked and deceptive as Laban, and as it is characteristic...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 19, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:3 (NKJV) “Then the Lord said to Jacob, ‘Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.’” After all the crooked things Jacob had done, how can God still be speaking to him and promising to be with him? I would have...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:1 (NKJV) “Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, ‘Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.’” While Jacob was serving Laban and increasing the flocks, what were the sons...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:43 (NKJV) “Thus the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.” Although Laban himself was a deceiver, Jacob exceeded him in this skill. And although it was a good thing to want to develop his...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:30 (NKJV) “…And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?” It’s noble to bless and serve the global enterprise and build the community projects, but in all this, you must never forget your own family. If by building the community cause, your personal...
