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“The School of Hard Knocks”
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Some of us know what it’s like to be enrolled in the school of hard knocks.
My dad used to say, a hardhead totes a sore behind.
Some of us have learned our lessons the hard way!
When we were children our mom said don’t touch that or you’ll get burned.
What did we do?
We touched it; and got burned.
When we became teenagers, dad would say don’t speed or you’ll get a ticket.
What do we do?
We sped and got a ticket.
We become adults God speaks to us and tells us what to do and what not to do, and when we don’t listen and obey?
We learn the hard way that God knows what He is talking about!!
Today were going to see a man who had to learn some lessons the hard way.
He was enrolled in the school of hard knocks.
Background; in Jacob spends the night in a place called Bethel; he meets God for the first time in his life.
Then in -“Jacob lifted up his feet on his journey”.
He is a man that has met God; God has promise to be with him, and to bless him with a big family and the land of Canaan.
At his moment Jacob is as light as a feather; his burden is gone, he has the promises of God ringing in his ears.
He lifts up his feet and off he goes headed to Haran to his uncle Laban’s house.
He has no idea what is ahead for him or that Laban’s house is going to become the school of hard knocks.
Jacob has met God, but he is still a long way from being the man God wants him to be.
Jacob is still prone toward deceit and manipulation.
There are some lessons the Jacob must learn the hard way.
God loves Jacob, and has a plan for his life; so in love God enrolls Jacob in the school of hard knocks to prepare him to be the man he wants him to be.
The things we go through in life are meant to develop us, grow us into the person that God wants us to be.
I want to share with you three lessons we learn in the school of hard knocks.
Lesson #1:
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You Reap What You Sow.
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Jacob has traveled 500 miles to Haran, he meets Rachel and its love at first sight.V:11-“and Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept”
Rachel is the prettiest thing that Jacob has ever seen; he sees her and kisses her, and if so happy he starts crying.
Somebody said if Jacob had known what all the future held for him; he would have cried a lot more.
Jacob told Rachel who he was, that her father and his mother were brother and sister.
Jacob is welcomed into Laban’s home, Jacob is offered a job by Laban.
Laban asked Jacob; what do you want for pay?
Jacob tells Laban I’ll work for you for seven years if you let me marry your youngest daughter Rachel.
Laban agrees.
So Jacob works for seven long years to have Rachel as his wife.
V:20-“and Jacob served 7 years for Rachel; and they seem to him but a few days, for the love he had for her”.
Laban had two daughters in V:16- Leah was the oldest order; and Rachel was the youngest order” Leah had weak eyesight; or it could mean she had no fire, sparkle our glow in her eyes.
Whatever it means Jacob didn't love Leah.
Jacob loved Rachel and told Laban I will work for 7 years to marry Rachel.
Jacob worked for 7 long years for Rachel, the years flew by because he was so in love with her.
When the seven years were up, V:21-“Jacob said unto Laban give me my wife, I want to get married.
Laban sets everything in order for the marriage and the weeklong marriage celebration.
The wedding was at night, the bride was heavily veiled; the feast was served, the bride was delivered to her husband and he cared her to his tent.
What Jacob doesn't know is, V:23-“and it came to pass in the evening, that Laban took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in under her.
Laban has pulled a fast one on Jacob, the deceiver has been deceived; the trickster is getting tricked.
Jacob thinks he is marrying Rachel, but he is really marrying Leah.
I read this and I say to myself how could this happened?
How does a guy make a mistake like this?
We have to remember marriage customs in that day; the bride was heavily veiled, it was nighttime, and Jacob was not expecting anything like this to happen.
And Leah’s going along with this, because she loves Jacob even though Jacob loves Rachel.
We look at Jacob and we say how dumb to marry the wrong woman.
But I want to tell you; it still happens today!
Be sure that you know the person you’re going to marry before you marry them.
Be sure they're the person that God has for you!!! Don’t marry someone just because of the way they look, or how much money they have, be sure they love Jesus and love you!
I heard about a young lady who was wearing her wedding ring on the wrong finger; her friend said why are you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?
She said, because I married the wrong man.
Be sure you don’t married the wrong man or woman!! What was it like when Jacob woke up the next morning?
Imagine the sun shining through the tent flap, he looks over expecting to see Rachel; and it's Leah!
He jumps straight up in bed and says, what are doing here; she says we got married last night, don’t you remember.
This was soap-opera ugly.
He puts on his clothes and goes marching to Laban's tent, V:25-“what is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve you for Rachel?
Why have you beguiled me?
Jacob is standing there asking Laban, why have you tricked him.
Laban answers him, V:26-“it must not be done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn”.
Jacob is learning his first lesson in the school of hard knocks; you reap what you sow!
Jacob, who had deceived his old blind father pretending to be Esau, has now been deceived by Laban.
He thinks he is marrying Rachel, when is really marrying Leah.
Laban didn't care about Jacob's feelings for Rachel, he didn't care that it broke Jacob's heart.
Rewind seven years in Jacob's life, picture him standing before his old, blind father pretending to be Esau.
Jacob had passed himself off to his father as Esau.
And now he is reaping what he sowed.
Laban is passing Leah off as Rachel.
Jacob was upset and argued but to no avail, now he knows how Esau felt.
Laban says your married to Leah, there's nothing you can do about it.
Stay with her the rest of the week of her marriage celebration.
After the week is over I'll let you marry Rachel if you work another 7 years for her.
That's exactly what Jacob does.
He's learning in the school of hard knocks; what goes around comes around.
What’s true of Jacob; is true of every one of us!
-“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap.
The law of sowing and reaping is true in every area of life.
To get a return, you must make a deposit, and the return you get, depends on the deposit you make.
To draw money from the ATM, you must have deposited some money in the bank earlier; no deposit, no return.
-“For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
The return you get, depends upon the deposit you make.
If you want a spiritual harvest, a blessed life, a happy marriage, a fruitful ministry, then you must sow spiritual seed.
But the Bible says if you sow to the flesh, sow the seeds of sin, selfishness, lying, lust, greed, anger that is the harvest that you’re going to reap in your life.
Billy Graham didn’t say this; God Almighty said that!!
This is the law of the harvest and it does not change!
Some people don’t believe this law; but that does not change it!
We have no trouble accepting the physical laws of God that are unchanging; we must also accept the spiritual laws of God that are unchanging.
The law of gravity saystendertendertender , if you step off the top of this building you will fall to your death.
Suppose someone says, well I don’t believe that, I’m going to break the law of gravity and they jump off the top of this building.
They don’t break the law of gravity; the law of gravity breaks them.
And it doesn’t matter if that person is saved or lost, if they have brown eyes or blue eyes, the law of gravity says, what goes up must come down.
We accept that law; and we ride the elevator.
There are spiritual laws that are just as real, and as sure as the law of gravity.
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