In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed?
Part III
So far we have been learning, how an individual can be blessed by God to be blessing to the dying world. God is seeking for a Godly seed ever since he created Adam. The Godly seed can only be a real blessing to the dying world. When we go through the Bible we could find very few people who could be counted as Godly seed for God. They were really blessing to the dying world and they were passing on the revelation and truth to the new generation. Yet many heard but very few only responded to the revelation of God. We could see the same concept from Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Jacob, few major and minor Prophets and in the New Testament period John the Baptize and in perfection we could see in Jesus.
When Jesus was taken up to heaven, now God expect Christ body to be His Blessed Godly seed to be blessing to the dying world. You must understand that there were many churches of different sects, many followed Jesus and many heard His teachings but he was entrusting and expecting from His disciples of 12 the God’s revelation of Jesus and His teachings be spread through out the World so as the world may be blessed. It went on for the first century and later the fear entered into the church by the Devil deception and subsequently the church went off the truck. Since then the church instead of functioning as God’s direction through His Spirit by the pattern of Jesus, it started functioning on its own from men by men and for man glory instead of from God by God and for God’s glory. We have been seeing from various men of God from Bible how a normal man can become His Godly seed and be blessed to be blessing to needy world in this end time. Beloved it is you and I now, God has chosen to respond to His Word of revelation and act in faith to be blessed for the blessing this dying world.
Fleshly desire affects God’s Blessing
In this article we are going to see closing about Jacob. Jacob was a son of Isaac. Isaac was brought well by His godly parents’ all right. But when he begot His two sons, and when they grew up we find division their family just because of fleshly desire of Isaac towards hunting animals. Also it causes partiality among his sons, father loves Jacob and mother loves Easu. This desire of flesh did not come into control even in his old age. When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim. We find that he was longing for venison to make him savory meat for him to eat. Gen 27:1, 7.
Here we must understand that though we have godly parents or may from Spiritual church background yet it is our responsible in our life to ensure that we overcome all that is fleshly desire of this world. Here I want emphasize that it is not that we should not eat meat but look at the desire of a spiritual person who is about to die has what sort of desire? His spiritual eyes are blind that he could not long for Godly desire for him and for his children even before his death. Where as when we see in the life of David, he calls his son Solomon and tells him” And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek him he will be found of thee but if thou forsake Him he will cast thee off for ever. We have been told by Bible “for ye live after flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit of Go do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” Romans 8:13.
Whereas when we look at his two sons we could see right from the beginning the younger one Jacob was different and could overcome all his fleshly desires and become blessed to be the father of God’s children “Israel”. So let us closing watch him to learn from him from the following few points.
Grabbing nature affects God’s Blessing
Jacob from the beginning of his birth, he was having character of grabbing. Notice when was about to born his hand took hold on Easu’s heed. Gen 25:26. When Jacob grow he cunningly enticed Easu to sell his birthright to him. Gen 25:33. Again when their father was old with the tricky idea of his mother once again he deceived his brother Esau and receiving his father’s blessing. Gen 27:3-29. When Easu came to know about Jacob subtlety and had taken away his blessing, he said in his heart that he will slay Jacob after the mourning of their father. When Rebekah came to know this fact she forced Jacob to flee to Laban her brother in Haran.
Please think for a moment about Jacob with all his grabbing yet he did not have peace and was left alone and it looks like the sun was set in his life too. He was all alone desperate and solicited. Here in this junction God spoke to him saying “And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth and thou shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; andin thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed,And behold, “ I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goes and will bring thee again into this land; forI will not leave the until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”Gen 28:14,15. With all that grabbing nature still God loves him and chosen him to be blessing for the whole nation. Remember that you and I may have still some sort of grabbing nature in us yet God loves us and chosen us to be His blessing.
My dearly beloved this what the place many of us are now standing, please take the Word mentioned above and eat it and drink the living water as much as you can, we will see sooner God will make the things to come to pass in our life and ministry. Even in my life I have been left alone from all so called traditional churches, denominations, so called Christians and so called spiritual people. And we may be physically ill or under very critical financial crisis. I know in the Spirit, many of our brothers and sisters too go through similar situation or even worse than that I am quoting yet I assure you my beloved in the name of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit that we are more than the conqueror through Jesus thatloved usin spite of all our weakness, trails and temptations. Glory to His wonderful name.
God changes Jacob through the sufferings and distress
Now the attitude of Jacob started changing, when we look at his vow, we could see he does not aim to grab any more. He was saying that God be with him, to keep him in his way, and to give him bread to eat and raiment to put on and to come back to his father’s home in peace. Gen 28:20,21.
God molded Jacob when he went to Laban place. Laban made a feast at night and deceived Jacob by giving him Leah instead of Rachel. Again he has to work 7 more yrs for Rachel. Then we see god has not blessed him with a child through Rachel whom he loved more. Jacob was blessing to Laban though he himself was not blessed. Gen 30:27. He was not grabbing any blessing from Laban though he was offered. Gen 30:30,31: 31:32. Again though he was deceived by Laban by changing his wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt Jacob. Gen 31: 7. In short Jacob was in Laban house for 20yrs; he served 14yrs for his daughters and 6yrs for his cattles, labored and consumed by drought in the day and the frost by night and his sleep departed from his eyes. Gen 31:40,41.
Similarly, this could be our condition may be right now that though we were served for many organizations, denominations, kith and kins, yet they were blessed and grabbed many things from us and we are left alone like Jacob. Here I would like to exhort you my dear, that Our living God is going to bless us so much that all the families of this world is going to be blessed because with all these suffering and distress we undergo will enable God to mould us to be like Jesus.
Be detached from world to be attached to God
At last Jacob decided to depart from Laban, and then God send his messenger to him. Similarly at this junction only we need to decide in departing from other association who will make use of us and will never allow us to depart from them. Please mark them and decide today to depart from them. Now let us concentrate on the Food for TBOC is being served since June 2004 and get into action of fervent prayer. When we try to do so my beloved the adversary will be alerted and will cause many things physically, spiritually and financially that we may be afraid and distressed. My beloved this the time we must not give up. Cheer up, dismay not and fear not for God is the one who called you chosen you separate you to His own from the world that He will comfort us, encourage us, strengthen us with His Word and Spirit and we will be victor in these all distresses. Halleluiah!
Jacob was too afraid and distressed because of his brother Easu was coming with his men perhaps with intention of slaying him Gen 32:6,7 and 27:41. Though Jacob departed from Laban yet he was still depending on his own understanding and his strength with pit of trusting God in prayer and having love and affection towards his waives and the belongings. Gen 32:8, 13-20, 22-24.
Lean not our own understanding and strength
Finally he came to a conclusion to be alone with God by setting apart all above and was wrestling with an angle of God. When the angle touched his thigh - the man’s strength and try to go for the day breaks, yet Jacob did not leave the angle and said” I will not let thee go except thou bless me”. Gen 32:25, 26.
It is not enough that we have decided to depart from all these above yet God wants his chosen the remnant to be alone with God in prayer and lean not our own understanding and our own strength for our life and ministry but to seeking His will, taking all things to Him in faith and see, hear and receive all things in the spiritual realm from God in faith and set it in motion in spiritual realm till it come to pass in sense realm.
Then only we could see that Jacob was blessed from Jacob to Israel. And this is what the same experience you and I are expected to go through till are changed into His Body to be blessed for the blessing of this world. Glory to His Holy name.
Kindly read it once again with prayer and take it to God for seeking His guidance to observe and be blessed.
With love and prayer
Brams
TBOC India.
