Jacob’s Presence Of Providence
Let us muse today from Genesis 37:30 and the presence of providence. In order to understand this truth you must see Joseph as a picture of Christ. The boys told their dad Jacob that Joseph "is not". How many times because of the situation…
Preventing In Providence
Let us muse today from Genesis 37:31-35 and 'Jacob's Preventing Of Providence'. In our text Jacob hears of Joseph's so-called death and refuses to be comforted. He seems not to grow any after all he has been through. In Genesis 28 he left home…
Perception Of Providence
Let us muse today from Genesis 37 and 'Jacob's Perception Of Providence'. In verse 3 Jacob loved Joseph more than the other 11 sons and made him a coat of authority to prove it. Jacob, did you not see the other boys response in verses 4-8?…
Jacob’s Struggle With Providence
Let us begin today and for the next few days musing on the subject of 'Jacob's Struggle With Providence'. How often we all struggle with providence. It is the before plans of God. He planned everything from our first cry as a baby until we close…
Jacob’s Suffering
Let us muse today from Genesis, Chapters 32 and 35, and 'Jacob's Suffering In His Possession'. Things can often bring suffering. In 30:22-25 I find 'Suffering In Our Barrenness'. Rachel, Jacob's favorite wife is barren. The only thing that can…
Jacob’s Plenty Is Empty
Let us muse today from Genesis chapters 29-31 and the fact that Jacob got plenty, but he left empty. Jacob's greatest object of love became his greatest object of detest, because Rachel was barren. In 29:32-34 Leah's love is rejected and Rachel's…
Jacob’s Struggle With Possessions
Let us muse today from Genesis chapter 29 and Jacob's struggle with his possessions. After his deception for the birth right, he is sent by his mother to his uncle Laban's house to find a wife. He seems to have his own plan and expectations…
Jacob And The House Of God
Let us muse today from Genesis 28:17-25 and Jacob's source of possessions is found in the house of God. In verse 17 at Jacob's ladder experience from heaven, he senses that this is the house of God and the gate of heaven. It is down at the house…
Jacob’s Source Of Possessions
Let us muse today from Genesis 28:11-13 and Jacob's struggle with the source of his possessions. I want us to see that the source of all our possessions or from the Lord. In verse 11 we see the sunset which is often a picture of all we…
Jacob’s Struggle With Possessions
Let us continue to muse from our theme of Jacob's life and that is his 'Struggle With His Possessions'. The area of the things we call 'mine' are often the areas of the greatest conflict. It is hard for us to have a lose grip on the things of…