Readings: Genesis 28: 12 - 17 KJV | Genesis 25: 24 - 26 NLT - The grace of God is a helpline in times of trouble.
Understanding how JACOB experienced unlimited blessings and surpassing grace
- Jacob was born with a disadvantaged position in a covenant family.
- He was born with a wrong identity. Jacob's name meant supplanted, conman ~ 1 Samuel 25: 25 KJV.
- He existed as the non-favorite child of the father ~ Genesis 25: 28 NKJV. Isaac loved Esau, BUT God love Jacob ~ Romans 9: 13 NKJV. It is important to note that God is permanently attracted to the rejected, interested in the resisted and the afflicted.
- Jacob became connected to a fraudulent man who frustrated him.
- He was a victim of perpetual struggle. His final struggle came in Genesis 32: 24.
What did the Grace of God do for Jacob?
- He became a candidate of divine visitation ~ Genesis 28: 12 - 17 NKJV. When men give you frustration God gives you divine visitation.
- He became a candidate of divine blessing and favour ~ Genesis 35: 9 NKJV.
- He became a candidate of divine wisdom and creativity ~ Genesis 30: 37 - 39 NIV.
- He became a candidate of supernatural repositioning.
- He became a candidate of divine capacity enlargement i.e from a person to a nation, from an individual to an institution ~ Ephesians 3: 20 KJV. Refuse a plastic mentality and go for an elastic mentality.
What secrets shifted Jacob from where he was?
- Value for things of God and value for the covenant. He who has the gold sets the rules.
- Value for altars and sacrifices ~ Genesis 35: 1 NKJV. - Altars of vows, sacrificial giving and commitment and giving attracts grace ~ 2 Corinthians 9: 7 - 8; 1 Corinthians 15: 10 NKJV.
- Revolutionary mentality. He had an irregular thinking pattern ~ Genesis 30: 37 - 39 NIV. God watches our thinking before our asking
- Possessing a fighting spirit ~ Genesis 32: 28 NKJV. You need a fighting spirit not a whining A fighting spirit takes no, NO for an answer and fights to finish
SECOND SERVICE 2
Reading: Genesis 41:37- 44 KJV | Genesis 39: 1 – 4 NLT
Understanding how JOSEPH experienced unlimited blessings and surpassing grace
- Joseph was a young man who raised himself and his young brother Benjamin.
- Joseph was a motherless boy in a polygamous home ~ Genesis 35: 18 NLT
- Joseph was a young man who was hated by his siblings for standing on the ground of righteousness ~ Genesis 37: 2 - 4 NLT.
- He was hated for being favoured by his father ~ Genesis 37: 4 NKJV.
- He was a victim of family conspiracy (household wickedness) ~ Genesis 37: 19 - 22 NKJV.
- He was a victim of false accusation and wrong imprisonment.
What did the grace of God do for Joseph?
- God gave him promotion in slavery.
- God gave him promotion even in the prison.
- God gave him the vision of his future.
- God him wisdom for successful living ~ Genesis 41: 38 - 39 TPT.
- God gave him favour before the king of Egypt ~ Acts 7: 10 TPT.
- God gave Joseph wealth; power and influence in a strange land ~ Genesis 41: 40 - 41 AMP.
What were the secrets that worked for Joseph?
- Passion for God's presence. There is a connection between passions for God's presence and portion on earth ~ Genesis 39: 2, 21 NKJV. - Nobody gets made without God making you ~ Psalm 127: 1; Luke 15: 18 NKJV.
- The fear of the Lord ~ Proverbs 8: 13 NKJV.
- Concern for the welfare of others ~ Genesis 40: 7 NIV.
- The heart of servant-hood and humility ~ Genesis 39: 22; Genesis 40: 3 - 5 NKJV.
- The heart of forgiveness ~ Genesis 50: 20 - 21 NIV/ MSG. Offenses come as an attack on the grace of God on the way for you.