Zechariah 9-10; Revelation 19; Lamentations Guest Blog Post: Patty Bellingham Where is my Google Maps app? As I read today’s passages, I sometimes feel lost with all of the symbolism and need some direction. Do you sometimes feel that way when you read prophecy? It is so foreign to us, but our great and marvelous […]

2 Kings 25; Ezra, 1; 1 Corinthians 10; Proverbs 1 We have wonderful promises, and we should believe them—truly believe them. Listen to the truth, and the truth will absolutely set you free. Proverbs 2:1-5“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and […]

Leviticus 22-23; Acts 2; Psalm 126 Do you remember how lost you were when God found you? Do you remember how dark it was when His light broke into your pain? Somehow, after years of living in the light, we forget. We forget where we were. We forget that we didn’t bring one good thing […]

Genesis 48 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you […]

Has God spoken a word over your life? Then brace yourself, for that very word will be challenged with relentless intensity. All opposition rises against the divine plan. Darkness threatens to engulf the promises the Lord has bestowed. In such moments, we may find ourselves bewildered and disheartened, questioning if we misunderstood or if God has changed His mind.

But let me assure you, the Word of the Lord never returns void! (Isaiah 55:11)

Jacob made many mistakes. He usurped his brother’s birthright and deceived his father, stealing Esau’s final blessing. There isn’t much commendable in his actions. Jacob was conniving and deceitful, willing to hurt others for personal gain.

And yet! And yet, something else was stirring within him. He desired the blessing, esteemed the birthright, and longed to be chosen. That desire for God’s blessing holds significance.