#2 A People for God (Gen. 28:10-15; Gen. 32:22-28)

God just revealed to Jacob that He will bless him and that he and his descendants will abundantly live. Jacob and his descendants are the People of God, His chosen people.

But what does this has to do with me? Am I part of this? Seriously, I've had times of struggling to understand what God is saying, until I had allowed Him to speak to me personally. All these times I had been reading like I was studying for an exam. I hadn't been reading from my heart. Until recently.

"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Gen. 28:15

Personally, I want to entitle this post "Holding On".

Had you ever had a time when you had felt like you are all alone? that you had nowhere to run? no one to talk to? no one to confide on? Well, I had. Not just that I felt it. It was physical. I am all alone in our rented house and sometimes I felt that it seems like I can't stand the loneliness. But having read the verse above, I wanted to weep. I wanted to cry out and shout to the Lord.

I may be all alone struggling with problems and dealings of this life, but I will never be totally alone. I gave myself to God and apart from Him I am nothing. So, while I am alive, and as long as I believe in Him, I will never be alone again. For God will be there watching me and He will be with me wherever I go. He will never leave me and He will keep His promises.

When you remember that there is a God who will constantly be there for you, who is consistent with every word He says, isn't it wonderful to feel like you can never be defeated? like all your problems can disappear any moment? like you are powerful and any force in this world is powerless against you? Sometimes, we forget who we are in the sight of the Lord. But then, we should remember that He even gave food to the birds and clothed the lilies, how much more the people He redeemed, His children? Aren't we far more than any creature He created?

I realized that, no matter how hard a situation is and no matter how we are going, we just need to hold on to God. We just need to hold on because He is a God who is consistent with His words. He is consistent with His promises. He is a God who never leaves nor forsakes His people. And we should hold on to that because we are His children and we are precious in His eyes and His children always have His favor in the end. We just need to trust in Him and hold on.