The Jesus Bible Reading Plan / RESTORING PEACE IN A BROKEN WORLD

The Jesus Bible Reading Plan

Day 72 of 365 RESTORING PEACE IN A BROKEN WORLD God's rescue operation for humanity integrally involved the descendants of Jacob. God had promised to Jacob, as his father and grandfather before him, that his grand plan for restoring shalomback to the universe was via a massive blessing in and through his descendants (Ge 28:13 - 15). Hope for blessing rested in the safety and expansion of this fledgling family. And God would ensure that Jacob would move forward under divine protection and multiplication. In this passage, Jacob risked his life and the Messiah's line. His aggressive business relationship with Laban and ensuing flight from his father-in-law put him in a dangerous spot. God continued to demonstrate his faithfulness to Jacob, in spite of the seeming chaos. Ultimately, the potential risks that threatened to short-circuit God's plan in Jesus were also overcome in his sovereignty and power. This story of the protection and progress of God's plan for the redemptive Messiah plays out again and again in the pages of Scripture. Jesus, I thank you that even when humans interfere with your plans, we don't stop them. Thank you for saving us despite our meddling and disobedience. Amen.   Genesis 31:22-24 NASB 22 When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled, 23then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. 24 God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, "Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad."