Reply To: Jacob’s Positive Characteristics

[Anonymous]

this week is been a challenging to know all the descendants and put them all together. I think i even had to draw to visualize. but when i read the part where Jacob struggles with God i wanted to know more and so i came across with this website.

http://www.unionchurch.com/archive/100399.html

great explanation!it made me relate a lot to Jacob and the scars that i still carry on my heart.

I think Jacob was HUMBLED i don’t know why but when it mentions the time when he came out of the womb, he was a content boy to stay at home among the tents instead of being wild like his brother i though that was a very pure and calm at heart that we have when we follow Christ and also he cooking for some reason.(i don’t know why)

He was BOLD- When he asked for the birthright, i love his courage for asking his bother(i would be afraid to even ask) something that important. When we come to God we got to come with boldness. Ready to ask, ready to seek and we will find The LORD says.

He was OBEDIENT- When Rebekah, his mom told him to trick his dad into getting his dads blessing instead of Esau, he went and did what she told him to do, he was afraid of what the consequences would of been but he took the risk and did as Rebekah commanded. He also he was obedient in not to marry a Canaanite woman. We should be obedient to Gods word as followers of Christ. I guess tricking the dad was not a positive thing to do but it happened just as scripture said the older will serve the younger and Esau did not really care about his birthright he was too self centered, selfish and cared only to get food instead of something that God has giving him as a right so he ended up losing it.

and PURSUE – he loved Rachel, it says that he was in love with Rachel that he worked for 7 years in order to get the younger daughter, but Laban tricked him so he ended up working for 7 more years for Laban to marry Rachel. He worked hard in order to get to be with the one he loved, he Pursued Rachel like no one has ever. God Loves us , he pursues us but he also wants us to pursue him, unlike Jacob we don’t have to work hard in order to get God,but he simple wants us to have a relationship with him, to KNOW him,to have that connection like a husband and wife (like the same love that Joseph and Rachel had) to walk righteously, he wants our HEART. He wants to change us and mold us into living a life that’s renew full of freedom to go to him for EVERYTHING.