In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the story of Jacob and saw how God’s grace in Jacob’s life is a reflection of God’s grace toward the entire world. Jacob was a deceitful younger brother who advanced himself in life by manipulating and lying to the people closest to him. Through Jacob’s role in God’s redemption story, we see that God displays His sovereign plan over the lives of His people, even before they are born. He does this despite our brokenness and self-centeredness. As in Jacob’s story, God invites His people to wrestle with Him in order that they will come to understand Him more deeply and experience His goodness more personally. God allows pain and adversity into our lives in order to awaken us to see Him for who He is and to take hold of His promises of blessing toward us.
