Tuesday,
September 10, 2024
JACOB DID NOT SLEEP WELL
Gen 28:13
16 And Jacob
awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I
knew it not.
Gen 32:24-26
24 And Jacob was
left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he
saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and
the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said,
Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except
thou bless me.
It could have been the
stone that he used for a pillow that caused Jacob to dream his angelic dream,
but that dream changed the course of his life as well as the course of history.
Jacob was told his purpose. He was promised an inheritance and an influence. The
hard dirt upon which he lay would be his forever. He was also promised the
companionship and partnership of God. When he rose up from sleep, he named that
place Bethel, the house of God.
Fast forward through
treachery and treasure and we find Jacob sleeping again fitfully. Tossing and
turning, he knew he was about to return to the brother he had cheated. He
dreamed … or was it a dream? The struggle certainly seemed real. The hip
certainly pained him. This time he named that place Peniel, the face of God, for he had seen God face to face, and his
life was preserved.
Too often I am stirred
awake at about three o’clock. Perhaps it is the pillow or the pains in my hip
or other joints, but I usually creep out of bed to sit in my chair and pray and
think. It is quiet at this hour and God is better perceived and heard when He
speaks. When names and faces come to mind, God and I discuss them. Some call it
prayer, but it is something more to me.
Ps 5:3
3 My voice shalt
thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto
thee, and will look up.
Dear Lord, thank you for those solitary and soundless mornings when we
talk without interruption. AMEN
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