SCARED TO DEATH

What do you do when it looks like you’re in big trouble?  Jacob found himself there when it appeared his brother Esau was coming after him with an army.  What Jacob did then was recall the promises of God and appeal to Him for protection.  The best preparation for tough and dangerous times is to know the Word of God and to know God Himself.  He is loving, faithful, and omnipotent.  “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Jacob didn’t have the Psalms to re-assure him, but he believed what he knew God had said.

Genesis 32:9-12 Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,' I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies. Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children. For You said, 'I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.'"