Jacob's Journey Home Part 1

...as Jacob nears the end of his life in Egypt, before he blesses his sons... Jacob says to Pharaoh, "... few and unpleasant have been the years of my life". He sums up his life that way. Few and unpleasant... this is the man of God... the blessed of God... this is the one, remember, they keep saying "With Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" you are now the blessed of the Lord.

Remember, Laben couldn't touch him because... Laben wanted to kill him but he couldn't because the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said you don't speak to him either good or evil... Laben knows he's blessed of the Lord.

But if you're blessed of the Lord it doesn't mean you're not going to suffer.

It doesn't mean things are going to be easy.

It doesn't mean the battle with sin is over.

It is a war in this world.