“Also God said to him [Jacob]: ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.’” ~ Genesis 35:11-12, NKJV
In this passage, the Lord is passing on to Jacob the promises He also first gave to Abraham and to Isaac. But in Jacob's case, he is actually beginning to see God's word come to pass. Abraham was promised that he and Sarah would be the parents of a great nation, and yet they had just one son together, and that when they were old. Isaac and Rebekah, in their turn, were barren for many years before finally just having two sons, Esau and Jacob. As far as descendants and nations and claiming Canaan went, the size of their family looked highly inadequate. But with Jacob the tide changed. Twelve sons and one daughter filled his household! With each generation came more increase, until Pharaoh, king of Egypt, would become to afraid of Israel's numbers that he force them into slavery and enact brutal population control measures. What a privilege it was for Jacob to witness with his own eyes the beginning of the fulfillment of the promises God had made to his fathers. When we see God's promises fulfilled in our own lives, we get a glimpse of His glory, His perfect timing, and His sovereign power. My prayer is that these truths about my God would be so engraved upon my heart that the way I think and what I believe would be transformed.
by Rebecca...
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