Genesis 32:9-12
And Jacob said, “O God of my father
Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your
country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the
least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have
shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I
have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from
the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers
with the children. 12 But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your
offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’"
Jacob holds God to His promises and we
should too. God is given glory when we believe His promises and call Him to act
in accordance with what He has clearly said He would do. This is faith. This is
believing that God is Who He says He is and will do what He said He will do.
Such a great reminder - I love that. We should be holding God to his promises, instead of living as though he never made us any promises, or living as though we know his promises, but we already anticipating him breaking them.
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