"And he sent"
Gen. 28:10 - 32:3; Hos. 12:13 - 14:10; John 1:43 - 51
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In this week's Parsha we are introduced to Jacob's life after leaving his father's house. A careful reading of the story not only shows us G-D calling on Jacob's life but also gives us lessons for our own life as we walk on our journey with G-D. All of us have been given promises in the Word of G-D, and just as Jacob had to understand how to receive those promises we also have to learn how to receive ours. This Shabbat we will look further into this Parsha to find out what we can learn from Jacob.
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While reading this week’s Parsha, which begins with the dream of Ya'akov (Jacob) where Angels were going up and down a ladder between Heaven and Earth, I noticed a verse that I had read many times before but that particularly jumped out at me this time. Verses 16 and 17 posted below:
16 Ya'akov awoke from his sleep and said, "Truly, ADONAI is in this place - and I didn't know it!" 17 Then he became afraid and said, "This place is fearsome! This has to be the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"
I wondered to myself how many times I could have said "G-D is in this place" and I didn't know it, or more to the point I didn't think about it. We know from scriptures that G-D is everywhere. There is not a place we can go to that He is not already there waiting for us to arrive. This makes me wonder about how we would live our lives if we actually thought about G-D being present with us always. In fact, Yeshua said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” It is my prayer this week that we would all wake up from the carnal slumber of the flesh and walk fully awake in the Ruach. Because when we do wake up, we will realize that truly G-D is in this place and we just did not know it.