Genesis
46- Jacob and Family Move to Egypt
Jacob,
for most of his life, had not been looking to God, but now as he comes to
Beersheba, he offers sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
God
speaks to Jacob. He says, “I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go
down to Egypt and I will make of you a great nation.” It would not be easy for
Jacob, now 130 years old, to leave the land God gave him and go to Egypt. But
Jacob was able to go with confidence and peace because he was sure of God’s
promise and presence. Jacob knew that
God had gone before him, and that Joseph was there making everything ready for
him.
Our
future is ours when Christ is our Lord, and we follow Him.
Jacob left the land with just a staff. When he came into Haran, he was God’s man
living in the flesh. He came out of
Haran, running away from his father-in-law and was afraid to meet his own brother
Esau. Then in the land of Canaan Jacob
wrestled with an angel. He was fighting
in his own strength. And now he is going
to Egypt. He is not walking in his own
strength, and he is not running away anymore.
He is now walking in faith. Jacob has become the man God wanted him to
be, and only God can make this kind of man.
There
was a time in our lives when we met the Gospel, the Word of God and we turned
to Him. Then there was that period of
struggle when we thought we could live our own lives in our own strength. Perhaps that lasted a while. Then there came a time when we did grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus and began to walk in faith.
There
was sixty-six people who came with Jacob to Egypt. In Jacob’s genealogy there are names that
mean nothing to me. But each of them is precious in God’s sight. Here we are amid a great population with
literally millions of people around us, yet each of us are an individual to
God. He delighted to put their names
down and is delighted to list our name.
The question is.. Is your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life?
When
they got to Joseph, they fell on each other’s neck and embraced and wept. What a glorious reunion after all this time!
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J.
Vernon McGee commentary, Nelson Commentary,
NKJ version.
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