Posts with the tag “week-2”

Genesis 37-39 and 1 Chronicles 2:3-6, 8.  “Godly Direction” Joseph was a man of integrity, ethics, and conviction.  God had unique, although specific, direction for Joseph’s life.  And furthermore, God gave Joseph’s life direction.  Has God given your life direction?At 17, Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery.  He became a servant in the house of Potiphar.  The Lord blessed his work and faithfu...  Read More

Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1:35-2:2.  “God’s Course” Prior to the births of Jacob and Esau, the LORD said to Rebekah, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger” (25:23).The descendants of Jacob were the Israelites, while the descendants of Esau were the Edomites.  Though both w...  Read More

Genesis 32-35.  “Expectations and Assumptions” It is almost hard to imagine the amount of anxiety Jacob was experiencing as he prepared to meet his brother, Esau.  Chapter 32 lets us in on some of that anxiety.  After all, it had been 20 years since they had last met, and at that point Esau was prepared to kill Jacob.But when they meet… things could not have gone better.  Perhaps it was just the p...  Read More

Genesis 30:25-31:55.  “Ethics” By chapter 32 Jacob has transformed spiritually, but here in chapter 31, Jacob lacked any ethical system in his life.  For Jacob, legality was equated with morality, and there are many people who fall into this category.  That is, anything which was not contrary to the law was no problem for his conscience.  Jacob has not broken the law in anything he did, but he tri...  Read More

Genesis 28:6-30:24.  “New Life, New Lessons” The character of Jacob is beginning to change, from deceiver to believer.  There does not appear to be any evidence of Jacob’s conversion before chapter 28.  In Genesis 27:20 Jacob referred to the God of Abraham and of Isaac as “your God.”  Now, in chapter 28 Jacob affirmed, “The LORD will be my God” (v. 21).  When you read through chapter 32, you find ...  Read More

Genesis 25:27-28:5.  “What’s in a Name?”          Yesterday we were introduced to someone before they were born, namely, a boy who was wrestling within his mother’s womb (25:22).  The boy was born grasping the heel of his older twin brother.         He was given the name, Jacob.  The meaning of the name had somewhat to do with his “heel catching” event, but it also has to do with “tricking” or “de...  Read More

        The theme for this week has to do with choices.  We will read of the choices made by Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Esau, Rebekah, Laban, Rachel, Joseph and his brothers, and even of the choices God sovereignly makes.  The practical aspect of choosing God’s will becomes a predominant theme this week. Genesis 25:1-26 and 1 Chronicles 1:28-34.  “Choices”          Abraham had several wives a...  Read More