GOD’S GRACE OVERSHADOWS OUR SINFUL WAYS

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By Apostle William K. Korir,

“Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and wen toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold the Lord stood above and said; ............. Behold I ‘am with you and will keep you wherever you go............for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you...” (Genesis 28:10-22). 

FACTS: Jacob had a dream at night as he slept in the open air in the wilderness. He saw a ladder stretching from the earth to heaven and angels ascended and descended into heaven. Before fleeing away to from his brother Esau, to save his life; Jacob had been; planning, scheming and deceiving to defraud his blood brother. In spite of his crooked ways, cunning and craftiness the angels of God kept vigil around him even as he fled home the angels had surrounded him. The angels had delivered news of Jacob’s escape to heaven and came back to accompany Jacob on his way. God was with Jacob as the God who brings grace to his people not on the grounds of his own goodness, or their merit, or their worth but on the grounds of his own amazing purpose of saving love and mercy. Jacob was a man with past, present and future. Past: he had a past filled with selfish ambitions not too pleasant, yet one shared by all of us. Present: He had the present full of fear, being lonely in the desert alone with painful conscience of his mistake and deceit. Future: Nothing appears sure, nothing was definite and he wasn’t sure whether he would be received by Laban. 

He was turning his back on the certainties in order to face uncertainties a head of him. Jacob had: A past of deceitfulness and sin; A present of loneliness and fear A future of uncertainties and doubt. Jacob’s is but a mirror of our lives. Be glad though as with all your infirmities, God’s angels encamp around you to protect you until you come to your right senses to worship him. God patiently wait for his children to repent of their evil ways and follow him in a righteous path. God never tires loving his children. No matter how deep they drift into sin; his angels follows them and protect them from the destructive snare of God’s enemy and our enemy Satan. God pleads with the sinners; “Come let us reason together. Even if your wrongs are too big to be forgiven; I will surely forgive you and keep no record of them”. (Isaiah 1:18). Give God a chance to save you and cleanse all your past wrongs (sins). 

When you accept Jesus as the son of God, God the father will be pleased with you and will forever love you and guide your way. PRAY THIS PRAYER; Dear Lord Jesus! I have learnt of your loving grace. I am happy to have learnt that you died at the cross in order to save me. Thank you Lord for the trouble you took to save me. I will forever follow your footsteps till you come to take me home. Forgive all the wrongs I have committed - the known and the unknown. In Jesus name Amen!

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