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Intro: The cracker story!
For all of you who have found yourself on the wrong end of someone’s finger in your chest, or balancing the cracker on their finger while they subtly remind us of the absolute power over they hold over our lives…
For those who maybe have known someone or at some point was someone who thrived on that power, consider
The power we claim over others is a myth!
A power based only on manipulation of truth.
Truth is, Jacob was on a path toward God’s perfect Will for his life- home– in his current situation,the outward circumstances were alerting him to the inward voice of God– pushing him home. Truth is, our lives present themselves as a series of complications searching for a unifying principle of sovereignty. But the Lords promises speak to consistency (28:15; 31:11-13). The power to Jacob real harm was never more than a thought in his own mind! (See John 19:8-12). Interesting insight? People who traffic in their own power are often in actuality, afraid.
An obsession to control what we do not own.
Truth is, the claim upon his children is at odds with the testimony of his daughters, who are convinced that they were never more than a commodity to be traded to satisfy his own greed. Truth is, he has no relationship with God to tout. He is a pagan, bent upon using God, much like he used Jacob, even now if only to negotiate the best way out of a difficult spot.., which is interesting, because as a role model he is worthless but as to his people skills, a couple of take-aways.
But out of mouth of pagans come some truth!
In Laban’s approach, we nonetheless have an object lesson for Jacob
1. Faith secured a better foothold than fear! (Lessons from a RC physician.)
2. Directness wins over scheming every day!
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