Heralds Digest

  “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭28:15-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Everyone knew that Jacob’s escape from Beersheba to Padan Aram was not just for a wife. He had hurriedly escaped a potent domestic violence and death threat from Esau because of his account of cheating. And without the divine encounter at Bethel, no one needs a soothsayer to predict that Jacob has no plan to return to Beersheba, at least within the active life of Esau. But when the Lord said “ I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land” , it became clear that Jacob had just been transferred Abrahamic covenant that Canaan is his permanent place of inheritance and the land of promise. Beyond the determination of the diverse workplaces and differe...

  “And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭26:22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The waiting room for the Lord’s righteous room is equipped with transient discouraging or discomforting appliances. While some of these appliances can readily blow hot air when cold air is desirable, the righteous must be ready to stay connected and comforted by the presence of the Lord. Why? The waiting room of the Lord always connects all righteous minds with the Lord’s righteous room unfailingly. By accommodating quarrels from strategic appliances in the waiting room, Isaac later got Rehoboth and many other fulfillment of God’s promises with the testimony “ For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land” . Unfortunately, like his son Jacob who opted for the rough room to deceitfully collect Esau’s blessing, many bel...