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  • Jacob Excerpt

    Gen. 33:4 “But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him.” Esau was ready to forgive his brother the moment they are reunited. Jacob had foreseen a difficult process of reconciliation, a listing of past offences, a time to pay back all he had stolen; but Esau simply ran to meet his brother. The story… Read more

  • Planting in barren ground

    Gen. 25:21 “because she was barren;”   If you are looking to start a ministry or movement, begin first to find the barren ground.  God loves to move among the unreached, hardened, dry, and forsaken sectors of society.  When Isaac looked at Rebecca, there was not natural hope that she would conceive, but in this place… Read more

  • A rest for the weary

    Excerpt from The Jacob Generation: A guide for pioneers Gen. 27:46 “And Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I am weary of my life.’”   Ever been here?  The words of Rebekah have been echoed through the centuries by great men and women of God, who, despite their fruitfulness and success, still plummet into a season of weariness. … Read more

  • The last enemy.

    Gen. 35:18 Benjamin, “as her soul was departing, he called his name.” Fast-forward to the final chapter of Rachel’s life.  She is on her deathbed and gives birth to the last child of Jacob.  Her name for the child is Ben-Oni which means “son of my pain.”  The father, Jacob, renames the child Benjamin, “son… Read more

  • The coming generation

    Gen. 30:23 Joseph, “God has taken away my reproach.” Leah says, “The Lord will add.”  Joseph represents the never-ending blessing of our spiritual heritage.  So often we think our life is an end in itself, but the Bible reminds us of the transgenerational transfer of blessing that endures throughout the ages.  Joseph is the gift… Read more

  • The best gifts

    Gen. 30:20 Zebulun, “God has given me a good gift.” “Now my husband will dwell with me,” says Leah after giving Jacob his sixth son by her and the eleventh in the family line.  This child given towards the end of her life represents the deeper desires of a mother and the recognition or our… Read more

Out of Practice

I’m getting out in the woods again, but the landscape has changed a bit.