Broken to Be Healed - Genesis 32

June 19, 2011 AM
Jacob the Scheming Dreamer #3
Dave Marttunen

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Blessing comes from beyond you. You cannot bless yourself, but we live as if blessing comes from our effort, that it grows out of our success, or to put it another way, that success itself is the blessing. Yet with our mouths and heads we say that we believe that blessing comes from God. Our quest for success, affirmation, approval, or applause, demonstrates that despite what we say we believe, we behave as if our blessing is tied to our success. Jacob searches all his life for blessing. He stole a blessing from his father by deceit and never felt its strength. Jacob gained success through scheming and never felt at rest. We discover Jacob as he looks for more. His heart is restless until he wrestles with God and loses. In today's message, we see Jacob given a limp so that he can walk in step with God.

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