Gen. 32:9-12 “And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of
the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto
thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become
two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray
thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest
he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I
will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which
cannot be numbered for multitude.”
Imagine how you would feel knowing you were about to meet
someone you cheated. Jacob had cheated Esau by taking his birthright and
blessings. He was a poor boy when he left home, and now he has become very rich
with an enviable family.
Time has come for him to meet with Esau face to face after a
long period of twenty years. Obviously he had every reason to be afraid as Esau
marched towards him with a group of men numbering four hundred.
Jacob was sorely afraid.
Vs. 11 “Deliver me, I pray thee…”
Rather than continue in fear and panic, Jacob decided to
pray to the God of his fathers.
Child of God, it is not out of place that you are at one
time or the other faced with conflicts that are capable of making you afraid. When
you are confronted with challenges that make you afraid go to God in prayer. He
had said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." Trust him and he will see you
through. God bless you.
