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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Jacob's return and his path to destiny -Genesis33

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Esau speaks to me the elder son, people who have always been Christians, people who didn't "backslide", who haven't had any odyssey. They welcome the prodigal sons back to the church with warm embrace. They want to rush "Jacobs" along their path to their success, which is what "Seir" means to me. But Jacob didn't follow the men's lead. Jacob journeyed to a place called Succoth, which means favor. He found favor in God's eyes. He found his own place that God had prepared for him. Then he came to a place called Paddan-aram, which was the place of Rebekah, the person who sacrificed and paved the way for his blessing, he inherited every blessing that's from his mentor.In the end he reached Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, the place where God promised to give to the descendants of Abraham, the place he was destined to arrive.
Although Jacob reconciled with Esau, he didn't follow every footstep of Esau's, as he knew he had a higher calling and higher level of blessing and favor.
Don't ever under estimate the potential of those prodigal sons in our midst. They are the ones that will really reach destinies and fulfill God's callings.