(Text : Genesis 32:8)
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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Genesis 32:9-10 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Like many today, Jacob first makes his plans and pray! He should have reversed the action. But the sense of having acted wrongly those years ago regarding his brother, Esau, fills the heart with a thousand fears, and robs the Christian of confidence towards God and dignity before men. Jacob’s prayer is the first recorded in the Bible. His prayer was correct, but his faith, as of yet, wasn’t.
In addition, Genesis 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
Jacob asked the Lord to deliver him, but then turns around and tries to appease Esau with a present. Was he placing more confidence in a few lambs than he did God, to whom he had just been committing himself? But, as stated, before we criticize him, we had best look into the glass of our own heart.
Finally, Genesis 32:12-13 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Concerning this, “Now, praying and planning will never go together. If I plan, I’m learning more or lesson my plan; but when I pray I should learn exclusively upon God. Hence the things are perfectly incompatible, they virtually cancel out each other. When my eyes fill with my own management of things; I am not prepared to see God acting for me; and,in that case, prayer is not the utterance of my need, but the mere superstition performance of something which I think ought to be done, or it may be asking God to sanctify my plans. This will never do. The life of Faith is not asking God to sanctify and bless my means, but it is asking Him to do it all Himself.
BE SAFE AND GET!
God bless you richly!
Jesus Christ loves you
Thank you Holy Spirit
ARE YOU SAVED?
T.O AKINSANYA
PRINCE ORATORTEE