Jacob

God knows me

https://odb.org/2024/12/03/god-knows-me Psalm 139: 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you knowg me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue, you,Continue reading “God knows me”

https://odb.org/2024/07/05/grappling-with-god I was on annual leave from work yesterday and couldn’t make the early morning slot to prepare and write my morning devotional commentary as after 7.00 a.m., I had to leave to travel to the smaller city for the weekend. But as I liked Jacob, I wanted to talk about him for today’s commentary.Continue reading “Jacob”

Wrestling with God

https://odb.org/2023/12/19/the-meaning-of-a-scar The story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32:22-32 was a breakthrough that changed Jacob from a cunning and conniving man (who tricked his father Isaac to give to him the blessings of his brother Esau) to one who prevailed in persistence. Jacob named the place he wrestled with God as Peniel becauseContinue reading “Wrestling with God”