The Thread - Jacob - A Wrestler

Everyone of us come from a family that has brokenness. When the LORD asks us to follow Him the journey often starts with very small steps of faith. He calls us to move in order get us unstuck from our comfortable lives into His greater future. And along the way we often end up more broken, more in need of His grace than ever before.
Outline: Nobody’s family is perfect: Since we are all human beings permanently marred by sin, even the best families raise imperfect humans. Sometimes faith starts with small steps: We often don’t get to see too far into the future. The LORD gives us just a glimpse beyond our nose, and then He asks us to trust Him with the rest. The LORD accepts us where we are in order to move us to where He wants us to be: Abraham is called to do something very few people on the planet would be willing to do. And yet, because of his history with the LORD’s faithfulness, he steps out and trusts, even when it doesn’t seem to make sense. The the LORD touches us it often leaves us more broken than before the touch: Encounters with the Living God will change us. The best changes are those that remind us repeatedly of our own brokenness and of His greatness. Reflection: What is the step the LORD has been asking you to take that you have hesitated to take? What is preventing you from being obedient?

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