I Will Be with You

God's Creative Word
God Calls For Justice:  Justice Enacted
God Promised to Be With Us

Genesis 28:10-17

The Message

^10-12 Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran. He came to a certain place and camped for the night since the sun had set. He took one of the stones there, set it under his head and lay down to sleep. And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground and it reached all the way to the sky; angels of God were going up and going down on it.
 ^13-15 Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."
 ^16-17 Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, "God is in this place—truly. And I didn't even know it!" He was terrified. He whispered in awe, "Incredible. Wonderful. Holy. This is God's House. This is the Gate of Heaven."

      from the River to the Rim.

For Reflection

Since humankind first walked the Earth, God has protected them.  He singled out Israel as an example of the result of reconciliation to God and promised blessings to them.  In spite of their disobedience to Him, God never abandoned them.  God will not abandon you.  Reconciling humankind to Him, is God's just cause. He sacrificed Himself for that end. He calls each one of us to sacrifice in His name for justice and reconciliation. We are the sheep of his pasture and all who are obedient to him shepherds to the unreconciled.

Pray

that you will be obedient to God's call for justice and reconciliation.  Pray that you will have to courage to act on God's call for action.  Pray that you will be willing to face the rejection of those who are afraid to shed the conventional wisdom of this world and reject God's call into His Kingdom.