Ordinary to Extraordinary
Genesis 28
Gen 28:16-17 When
Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and
I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
GOD amazes me. Jacob is far from perfect. One
of his sins is lying. Now his life is in jeopardy because of this deceit. Yet
God enters into Jacob’s life and chooses him!
Through
the rest of Genesis, there will scarcely
be a time when Jacob is not involved either directly or “on the side” in the
story. Jacob is a big deal. God will name him “Israel”. God’s people will take
on his name. And a name is a very, very big deal to the Hebrews. It is who you
are. The Hebrews would be “Israel”.
Why
would God create Jacob with this kind of character?
I’m
thinking of people I know who have been transformed from a life of deceit into
a life of promise and peace, just as Jacob would be. Seeing these
transformations assures me God is at work. And, I look at my own life and know
how different I am because I have decided to follow God.
That
is the story of Genesis, of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. These three men, the foundational generations of Israel from
whom our Savior would come, are ordinary sinful men whom God chose to change in
extraordinary ways in order to form a nation to fulfill his Kingdom purposes.
You
and I are the same: ordinary in the world, extraordinary in the Kingdom of God.
See the changes in Jacob and trust God to take you to the gate of Heaven.
LIFE Link: To be chosen by God is an extraordinary
calling. How does that change you?
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