PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday
4 July 2015
THE
VOICE OF JACOB
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: Jacob came close to his
father Isaac who touched him and said,“The voice is Jacob’s voice but the arms
are the arms of Esau!” (Genesis 27:1…29)
Reflection. It is a puzzle – how Jacob
gets away with supplanting his elder brother Esau and Paul’s explanation, that
it was God’s choice that prevailed (Rom 9:11), does not sound too convincing.
Rebecca deliberately deceived her husband so as her younger son would inherit
the blessings. It is one of those cases where we cannot get inside the mindset
of our ancestors but they clearly saw nothing wrong with it and God goes along
with the stratagem. So we can simply
take another text from Paul, “God turns everything to good for those who love
him” (Rom 8:28) and say that God works through everything, even our devious
iintentions, to bring about his will and our happiness.
Prayer. Lord, help us to understand
how you work through everything for our good and let us not judge others when
we see them doing what we do not approve of. Amen.
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