“And Jacob went on his way...and…God met him.” Jacob had been more or less doing his own thing for many years. Now God calls upon him to come back to the place of blessing. As he journeys, God meets him. You can always depend on God meeting you on the road of obedience. Ask one of the two Mary’s as they complied with the angels command: “And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them.”
Some of us need to get on our horse, and I don’t mean the merry-go-round kind. I’m talking about the kind that takes you in a straight line, not endless circles, getting you nowhere. As the old-timers used to say, “Get a move on!” We have far too many, “I’m gonna’s.” Good intentions are no good unless you fit them into shoe leather.
If you’ll lay aside your feelings, fears, and doubts and start for home, as you round the bend, you’ll find your Father has come out to meet you. “I will arise and go to my father…But when he was a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” Whether Jacob or the prodigal, the promise is still, “Return…and I will deal well with thee…I will surely do thee good.”
Remember, when you take a step toward God, He takes one toward you. And He has a bigger stride!
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