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Genesis 46:1-27
The Big Move
INTRO
I was 8 yrs old when I experienced a move for the first time.
And it was a Big
Move at that.
All I knew of life up till then was that of growing up in Keno.
A
small town outside of Klamath Falls, OR.
For job related reasons my parents
moved the entire family to Canby Oregon.
A rural town outside of Portland.
Three years later, our family moved back to the same home in Keno where I
finished the days of my youth.
My next move was a smaller one.
I moved out
of my parents home into an apartment shared with two other roommates in
Klamath Falls midway through my freshman year in college at OIT,….where
I
remained till the start of my Senior year which was exclusively an Externship.
A
year given to apply all that I’ve learned in class in a clinical setting for training
and experience purposes prior to graduating.
This took place in Seattle
Washington, another Big Move in LIFE.
Biggest yet.
Following the completion of that year,….I found residence in Boise, ID where
I landed my first job out of college.
Two years down the road, now married to
my wonderful bride Marcy, an opportunity came up to take a job in Bend, OR.
We agreed to make this,… ‘Big Move’ which involved Marcy staying in Boise
for another 6 mos to finish her LPN degree at Boise State.
Once settled in
BEND together,.
we had another three separate moves from within the town of
Bend which took place over the course of 10 years.
ALL THIS preceded GOD
calling my family and I to Hood River in support and involvement in the church
planting of Pillar Bible Fellowship.
This was a Big Move…probably the biggest
of them all because of all that it entailed.
Selling of a home, uprooting from a
community and church body we’ve been a part of for over a decade,
employment change…going from a place of seniority to now that of a
newcomer…just to name a few of the things that contributed to the
magnitude of this change in our lives…NOW,….with
two children under the ages
of 10 being a part of it.
With each of these moves there was a lot of mixed feelings going on inside.
OFTEN TIMES, feelings that are opposed to one another.
And the Bigger the
Move,….the
stronger the feelings are.…aren’t they?
I get a sense that
JACOB is in these very waters today as we take a look at Genesis 46.
Could
there be any bigger move in Jacob’s life than this one, now at the age of 130
years?
HE, also did some moving in his earlier years, but THIS ONE ought to
take the cake for all that it entailed here at the end of his life.
And Big Moves are not just moving to a different place of residence.
JACOB’S pursuit of a bride took a couple Big Moves.
Other than just a change
in residence.
Working seven years for his Uncle Laban to have the hand of
Rachel in marriage was..a….Big Move.
A decision he made that took up a
portion of his life and thereby,…..was a part of his life which resulted in being
duped by Laban to marry Rachel’s sister Leah instead.
THIS brought about
another Big Move by JACOB in agreeing to commit his life in services to Laban
for an additional 7 years to finally get Rachel’s hand in marriage.
I imagine at this point you may be reflecting on your own moves over the years
of your life.
But like JACOB, Big Moves are not just changing the place of
residence.
The pursuit of a spouse and ultimately the committing of oneself
to another in the covenant of marriage, same as we saw with Jacob, are all Big
Moves in life.
I recall the time when I took ownership of my faith in JESUS
CHRIST.
That was a Big - Move.
Do I take this gospel seriously and surrender
my life to the Lordship of Jesus or do I not?…And stop pretending as if I had.
Big - Move.
And with Big Moves, whether residential or life changes, they carry with them
wrestlings within.
JACOB is no different than anyone of us.
And we are going
to see from this scriptural account in (verses 1-27) of chapter 46, a Big Move
of JACOB and how GOD is near and working with JACOB through it all.
We will
work through these 27 verses in three points.
The FIRST ONE has already been
eluded to and that is….Ambivalence.
Found in the first 3 verses.
Ambivalence.
A place where Jacob finds himself and is common to us all when
we are facing a Big Move.
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