Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will
be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to
eat and clothing to wear, 21 so that I come again to my father's house in
peace, then the Lord shall be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up
for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a
full tenth to you."
Often our initial steps toward Jesus are clumsy. Here Jacob begins to lean
in, but his heart is still clouded with caveats. His initial interaction with
God is one of quid pro quo. As painful as this is to watch, it is likely akin
to the place many of us who now maturely live began. There is a lot of good in
this, a heart that wants to receive and to give, but it is a young, immature
faith. That said, the smallest degree of genuine faith when present, even in an
otherwise dirty soul, will eventually spring up to fruitful life.
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