Nearness to God produces Worship

Dear Friends,

As we all know, Jacob cheated his own brother for a birthright and he disguised like his brother to get his father’s blessings. Overall, Jacob succeeded in his plans and now he was going to Padan Haram to get wife for himself. For our study, lets see Genesis 28. Even now Jacob was not going with empty handed, his father Isaac blessed him again to inherit the land where he travel. Gen 28: 3, 4

Now, lets focus on his travel to Paddam Haram, verse 10 & 11 of same chapter 28, Jacob went out from Beer Sheba and went toward Haran. He came to certain place and stayed there all night. I would like to bring our attention from verse 11, Jacob stayed there all night, till that time, Jacob was not afraid or in other words, he was not scared of his journey, because he was a successful man and above all he had received his father’s blessings. According to my knowledge, he was traveling all alone to Haram. Now there is a turning point in Jacob’s life. This is a time that Jacob needed God’s guidance and this is a situation where Jacob searched God in his life. If we see verses 11 to 15, Jacob dreamed a stairway from earth to Heaven and saw angels of ascending and descending on it. What do you think about this verse? What do we learn from angels?
When angels saw the birth of Christ and knew that God had miraculously become a member of the human family to bring salvation to mankind, they shouted, “Glory to God in the highest” Luke 2:14. When angels saw the glorified Son of God and realized that He had gone through death to bring salvation to sinners, they said, “ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessings” Rev 5:12. These angels are closer to God, so they worshipped Him. I understood that the closer we live to God, the more spontaneously and enthusiastically we will worship Him. Back to Gen 28: 17-22, Jacob was in God’s presence, so he worshipped God. How is our closer walk with our Christ? Could we able to sense God’s presence in our lives?

If we see verse 13, 14 & 15 of same chapter, God blessed Jacob with wonderful promises, “ I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you." If we notice closely, God has spoken to Jacob in the wilderness, where you and me think there is no hope. The same God promised Abraham by multiplying his generation like stars in the sky when Abraham was in older age, without having a hope of getting child. When I was meditating about these, I could able to feel mighty power in myself, assuring that, nothing is impossible with our God. When the worldly people think there is no hope, we the believers of Christ should assure that there is a hopeful future, why? because, our God is faithful and a living God. Are you worried about your studies, or exams, or family salvation or financial crisis,or job placement or future, etc? Our God is great, His power is mighty and we worship a living God, who is in our midst to take care of us.

May the Lord Jesus help us to live obediently and pray sincerely, so that we could sense God's presence in our lives which could lead us to worship Him in private and look forward to worshipping Him with others. Amen and Amen

Love and Prayers,