Scripture
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. .Genesis 33:1
Observation
In Genesis 32 we find Jacob preparing to meet his brother Esau. And how scared Jacob had to be! He had tricked his brother Esau and deceived him. He had received the birthright that rightfully belonged to Esau. And after getting what he wanted, he fled! He knew when Esau found out, he would kill him.
Now many years have passed and Jacob was returning home at the Lord’s urging. It couldn’t have been a relaxing trip, I am sure all along he kept thinking, “what is Esau going to do?”
Jacob is preparing for the worse.
Application
Many of us live in fear in our daily lives because of our past sins. Many of us have been frozen by our past sins against someone or even more so, a past sin someone has committed against us. Then our God who has promised to guide our lives begins to lead us right where we don’t want to go.
How often do I imagine the worse? I give God no credit for the fact that He can heal those wounds and can fix the problem. Because of my unbelief, I choose to remain in hiding.
Many times in my life God asks me to do something that I really don’t want to do. But He knows until I deal with my past, I cannot move forward. Rather than finding my destruction, I find healing and forgiveness.
Prayer
Lord, thank you that everything you do in my life is for a purpose and ultimately for my good.
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Yes, I agree, sin causes fear. From Adam and Eve 'til today. When we know we've done wrong we get afraid, want to avoid the consequences, etc; and a lot of other baggage goes with it too. It would be terrible if we could get no relief from all the mental anguish that goes with it. But, thankfully God has provided the relief.
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