I believe that we find things when we need to find them and God leads us there. Last week, I spoke to a friend who mentioned Jacob and Esau in the Bible. Then, I saw something that reminded me of the Tim Robbin’s movie this week. So, today I looked up some information and found something beautiful, amazing and special.
Several years ago, God revealed to me in a dream that in the book of Exodus Chapter 6, there is a covenant given to Moses where God proclaims who He is and that He will be with His people. For the last thirty years this Bible passage has given me hope knowing that God has a covenant with all of us as long as we open our hearts to Him. Then, today as I started my search through the Bible beginning with Jacob’s ladder, I found that this covenant isn’t something that God gave one time to Moses. He gave this promise to many. In just a few minutes, I found the same promise given to Abram in Genesis 15, to Isaac in Genesis 26, and to Jacob in Genesis 28. I am certain that I could spend hours searching the Old Testament, the New Testament and other holy texts and I would find this promise over and over again.
I have heard jokes and criticisms and all kinds of other thing about God not being a forgiving God because Eve made one mistake. She ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and after that God cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden without any chance for forgiveness. However, that’s not the point of the story. Adam and Eve eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil isn’t the climax of the story and God punishing them is the consequence. Far from it. It is the inciting incident. It’s an allegory that explains how we came to be. Eating of that tree is how we came to be conscious of ourselves, of what is right and wrong, and of our free will. The rest of the story is the best part. It tells us all about our redemption and how God wants to save us from ourselves enough to even die for us.
For me, today has been wonderful because I read today that God’s promise to me isn’t a one-time thing. He makes that promise all the time. He tries to let us know He is here and will be here for us whenever we decide to turn to Him. He is the epitome of hope. He is waiting eternally with open arms for any of us to decide to turn to Him and surrender to Him. He will always be there with that promise that He gave to Abram, Issac, and Jacob. The same promise to Moses and countless others. He is God. He has always been there. He is there now. And He will always be there.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
