GET TO THE PLACE GENESIS 28:10-22

INTRODUCTION

THE TROUBLED CHILD OF THE CHOSEN FAMILY

AND THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT THIS PREACHER WHO WAS HAVING LARGE HEALING MEETINGS

AND BEFORE THE SERVICE WOULD START, THE GREETERS WOULD ASK THE NAME AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE PERSON

THE GREETERS AND THE PREACHER HAD MICROPHONES AND EAR DEVICES SO THAT THEY COULD COMMUNICATE

WHILE THE GREETERS WERE GETTING THE INFORMATION OF THE SICK PERSON, THE PREACHER WAS IN THE BACK WRITING DOWN THE INFORMATION

THE CHURCH TEAM ALSO HAD PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD PUT IN DIFFERENT PLACES OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE THERE TO START THE SCANDAL

SO, ONCE THE PREACHER FINISHED THE MESSAGE, FIRST HE WOULD CALL OUT THE PEOPLE ON THE TEAM AND SAY THAT GOD IS HEALING SOME DISEASE

THE PEOPLE ON THE TEAM WOULD STAND UP AND JUMP UP AND DOWN AND ACT AS IF THEY WERE HEALED

ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND THEN JACOB

THEN, HE WOULD START CALLING OUT THE NAMES AND SICKNESS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH THE GREETERS FOUND

THEN

THEY WOULD MOVE FROM CITY TO CITY DOING THIS UNTIL THEY GOT CAUGHT

FIGHTING IN HIS MOTHER’S WOMB

THE AMAZING THING WAS THAT MANY OF THE SICK THAT ATTENDED THE MEETINGS RECEIVED HEALING

THEY CONCLUDED THAT FAITH WOULD FILL THE HEARTS OF THE SICK PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAW THE ACTORS ACTING LIKE THEY RECEIVED HEALING

FIGHTING TO BE THE FIRSTBORN

THE PREACHER DISCOVERED THAT GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE SO MUCH THAT HE WOULD STILL WORK MIRACLES AND HONOUR HIS WORD REGARDLESS OF THE PREACHER’S LIFE

THE PREACHER WENT BACK TO PREACHING WITHOUT THE DECEPTION AND EVENTUALLY STEPPED INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORD

FIGHTING FOR THE DIVINE BLESSING

WE ARE DEALING WITH A SIMILAR CHARACTER

FIGHTING FOR HIS WIVES

BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN, HE WAS FIGHTING FOR A BLESSING

FIGHTING TO GET BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND

FIGHTING IN THE WOMB

JACOB, THE ONE WHO TOLD PHARAOH

Genesis 47:9 KJV 1900

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

FIGHTING FOR HIS WIVES

GENESIS 47

SOMEONE YOU WOULD CALL A REBEL

FIGHTING TO GET BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND

BUT, HE KNEW THE VALUE OF THE BLESSING OF GOD

WE READ HIS ASSESSMENT OF HIS LIFE

Genesis 47:9 KJV 1900

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

HE WOULD WITHOUT HESITATION TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION

GENESIS 47:98

AND INSTEAD OF GIVING HIS BROTHER NOURISHMENT, SOLD HIM A BOWL OF DAL FOR THE BIRTHRIGHT-AN INHERITANCE THAT WAS DOUBLE THE OTHER BROTHERS, INCLUDING BECOMING HEAD OF THE FAMILY

JACOB KNEW THE VALUE OF GODLY THINGS

HE WOULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO GET THE BLESSING: LYING, DECEIVING, STEALING, AND TAKING GOD’S NAME IN VAIN

BUT, HE COULD NOT WAIT FOR THE PROPER TIME OR THE PROPER WAY

HOW DESTRUCTIVE IMPATIENCE CAN BE

HOW DANGEROUS TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY INSTEAD OF GOD’S

HE KNEW THE VALUE AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HIS BROTHER’S AND HIS FATHER’S WEAKNESS TO OBTAIN THESE

ISAAC WAS BLIND AND WAS PLANNING ON PASSING THE FAMILY BLESSING TO ESAU, INSTEAD OF JACOB-WHO WAS GOD’S CHOICE

HE AND HIS MOTHER SET ASIDE FAITH TO OBTAIN THIS BY HUMANLY MEANS

JACOB WOULD DRESS LIKE ESAU AND LIE AND TAKE THE LORD’S NAME IN VAIN TO CAPTURE THE BLESSING

ISAAC ASKED, HOW DID YOU GET THE FOOD SO FAST

JACOB REPLIED, BECAUSE THE LORD THY GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME

HE CREDITED GOD FOR HIS OWN MANIPULATION

AFTER EXAMINING JACOB, ISAAC BLESSED HIM THINKING THAT IT WAS ESAU

THIS WAS SO SACRED THAT IT COULD NOT BE REVERSED

THEREFORE, ESAU HATED JACOB AND PURPOSED TO KILL HIM

ALL OF HIS PLANNING AND SCHEMING HAVE BACKFIRED ON HIM

NOW HE IS RUNNING FROM HOME AND RUNNING OUT OF THE PROMISED LAND

HE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL AROUND 643 KM TO HARAN

THE JOURNEY WOULD TAKE ABOUT A MONTH AND I’M SURE THAT MANY INCIDENTS HAPPENED UPON THIS JOURNEY BUT THE SPIRIT ONLY INCLUDES ONE

THE ONE ADVENTURE THAT WOULD LEAVE A MARK ON HIM FOR LIFE

BODY

JACOB IS JUST A FEW DAYS FROM HOME WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS RUNNING THROUGH HIS MIND

MAYBE GOD WOULD ABANDON HIM BECAUSE OF HOW HE OBTAINED THE BLESSING

MAYBE THE BLESSING WOULD NOT FALL UPON HIM

IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS MOVING AWAY FROM HIS PROMISES

HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT YOU WERE MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

HIS FUTURE IS INSECURE AS IS HIS PRESENT

HE IS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE

SURVIVE UNTIL THE NEXT MEAL

SURVIVE UNTIL GOD BRINGS A BREAKTHROUGH INTO YOUR LIFE

SURVIVE THE SITUATIONS THAT YOU ARE IN RIGHT NOW

SURVIVE WITH THIS SICKNESS

SURVIVE WITH THIS FRUSTRATION

SURVIVE, HOPING THINGS WILL CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR

SURVIVE KNOWING THAT IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, YOU WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO GO BACK TO SOME PLACE IN YOUR LIFE AND MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE

SURVIVE, HOPING THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR

HAVE YOU EVER JUST BEEN TRYING TO SURVIVE

NOW YOU CANNOT GO BACK AND MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE

ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL NOT ALLOW YOU

THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR CHOICES

WHY DID I GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE

JACOB WASN’T VERY LONG INTO HIS JOURNEY, MAYBE TWO TO THREE DAYS

THE THOUGHTS OF UNCERTAINTY

NOT KNOWING WHAT LIFE WILL BRING HIM NEXT

WE ALWAYS QUOTE

Psalm 37:23 KJV 1900

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: And he delighteth in his way.

BUT, FORGET ABOUT

Psalm 37:24 KJV 1900

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

YOU MAY HAVE FALLEN BUT YOU WILL NOT BE UTTERLY CAST DOWN

BECAUSE, GOD IS UPHOLDING YOU WITH HIS HAND

THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE, CONSIDERING YOUR ACTIONS

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN LYING OR MANIPULATING AND THERE IS THE DEVIL TELLING YOU THAT GOD HAS LEFT YOU THAT GOD HAS ABANDON YOU

YOU WRONGED SOME PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS AND THINK, HOW CAN GOD LOVE A PERSON LIKE ME

I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT THE LORD IS UPHOLDING YOU WITH HIS HAND

YOU MAY HAVE DONE SOME THINGS THAT YOU DON’T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW BUT THE LORD IS UPHOLDING YOU WITH HIS HANDS

YOU MAY HAVE LOST YOUR JOB, BUT GOD IS UPHOLDING YOU WITH HIS HANDS

YOUR FAMILY MAY BE IN A MESS, BUT THE LORD IS UPHOLDING YOU IN HIS HANDS

YOU MAY HAVE SAID SOME THINGS THAT HURT PEOPLE BUT THE LORD IS UPHOLDING YOU

YOU MAY HAVE FALLEN BUT YOU SHALL NOT BE UTTERLY CAST DOWN

TO BE UTTERLY CAST DOWN IS TO BE FORCEFULLY THROWN

BUT, WE SERVE A GOD WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU

HARISH MAY HAVE LEFT YOU, SATISH MAY BE GONE, SUDIPTA MAY HAVE THROWN YOU OUT

BUT, YOUR GOD HASN’T GIVEN UP

HE IS UPHOLDING YOU IN HIS HANDS

YOU MAY BE SAYING, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I HAVE DOWN

JACOB JUST DECEIVED HIS BLIND FATHER, USED THE LORD’S NAME IN VAIN, STOLEN HIS BROTHER’S BLESSING

AND AS HE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM MAN, HE RUNS INTO GOD

PEOPLE MAY HAVE TURNED FROM YOU BUT GOD PROMISES JACOB THAT HE WILL BE WITH HIM

WHEN THE LORD CALLS MOSES TO DELIVER THE ISRAELITES AFTER MOSES HAD COMMITTED MURDER, GOD PROMISES, I WILL BE WITH YOU

GOD TELLS JOSHUA, AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO SHALL I BE WITH YOU

WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE ARE IN EXILE, GOD TELLS HIS PEOPLE, THE VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US

EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN EXILE, GOD IS WITH YOU

YOU MAY FEEL ALONE ON YOUR JOURNEY BUT GOD IS WITH YOU

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JACOB LIGHTED ON A CERTAIN PLACE

JACOB HAD REACHED HIS DESTINATION AND HAD A MEETING

HE IS ALONE, IT IS GETTING DARK OUTSIDE

I’M SURE THE DARKNESS ON THE OUTSIDE IS A REFLECTION OF THE DARKNESS THAT JACOB IS FEELING INSIDE

BUT, HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION-CERTAIN PLACE IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE MEANS A SACRED SITE-A SANCTUARY

NO WONDER WHAT CAUSED THE NEXT EVENTS TO HAPPEN

HE IS IN A PLACE WHERE DIVINE COMMUNICATION TAKES PLACE

IF I NEED TO HEAR FROM GOD, THEN I NEED TO LABOR TO GET INTO HIS PRESENCE

IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT MAKES A PLACE A SACRED SITE OR A SANCTUARY

JACOB HAD NOTHING TO DO JUST REACH THERE

AND HE LOOKED AROUND AND TOOK A STONE

I REMEMBER SOMEWHERE IT IS SAID THAT THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME HEAD OF THE CORNER OR THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE

HE APPOINTED CHRIST THE RESTING PLACE FOR HIS HEAD

OF ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN BE GOING ON IN HIS MIND

THE BIBLE SAYS,

Isaiah 26:3 KJV 1900

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU REST YOUR HEAD

SAMSON RESTED HIS HEAD IN THE WRONG PLACE AND ALL HIS STRENGTH WAS STOLEN

JACOB RESTED HIS HEAD, HIS FAITH IN CHRIST AND THE HEAVENS OPEN

COMMUNICATION CAME FROM HEAVEN