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There isn't a person on earth that
doesn't face personal challenges. In reading the Bible and its
stories, the technical aspects have changed but the emotional
responses remain the same. Jacob did not know what the future held
and lived moment by moment. He was your everyday man. In seeking to
remake him, God wanted Jacob to learn that the supernatural is more
important than the physical world we live in. Jacob needed to know
that reconciliation with Esau was mandatory, even if his brother was
not walking with God. The problems he faced must be solved in the
spiritual world even if it led to a grueling prayer meeting that
ended with a wrestling match that lasted all night. Jacob came back
to the land of Canaan and settled down, but that was not good enough
for God, because Jacob also needed to be the spiritual leader and
compel his family to give up their idols. All the pressures of life
increased Jacob's time in prayer so that he could become the man
that would lead his family into a relationship with God. |
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