Hello everyone, today is the 10th day we\u2019re talking about Jacob’s life, and your comments are very important, especially for you to evaluate yourself.<\/p> I would encourage you to not only reflect on this story that we have been meditating on, but to take each message and reflect on 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\nI would encourage you to not only reflect on this story that we have been meditating on, but to take each message and reflect on them.
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\n“And Rebekah said to Isaac, \u201cI am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?\u201d <\/em>” (Gn. 27: 46)
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\nDay 10 \u2013 Problem solving<\/strong>
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\nI know exactly what Rebekah felt, in a sense that she wanted to avoid Jacob marrying the daughters of Heth. Because Esau was already married to two women from there, which brought great pain to his parents and since Rebekah lived by the circumstances, if Jacob marry one of these women, her world would end.
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\nEverything in Rebekah\u2019s life was influenced by outer circumstances and therefore her actions reflected on it, by trying to resolve problems on her own. That\u2019s why she resorted to deceiving her husband, but we don\u2019t see her talking to God and turning to Him.
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\nIt\u2019s like many people, today, they watch testimonies, but don\u2019t take advantage of them. They continue to react to them using their emotions. Instead of resolving their internal problem, with God, they still act with emotions. They clap for others, but they never say: “Now it’s my turn!\u201d My opportunity to sacrifice, to go up to the altar and testify about the marvelous things that God has done in my life.”
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\nI don\u2019t condemn Rebekah because I’m not perfect, but this same serious mistake is committed by women today, we are easily led by our emotions. For this reason we must constantly evaluate ourselves. It\u2019s not because we are of God and use our faith that we don\u2019t have feelings, but that\u2019s where we reveal who we are, our fear and our surrender to God.
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\nSometimes, we create a big “storm” because of a problem, but it\u2019s no use! The way to solve it is by materializing our faith, our belief.
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\nIf the reason you go to church and hear the Word is God, then exercise your faith in Him. Exterminate the problem, without getting desperate, without disbelieving, and without taking it to someone else so they can have pity on you. Don\u2019t dependent on someone to solve it for you.
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\nRebekah, Esau and Jacob, were inside the church and they had Abraham and Isaac as an example to follow. They had knowledge of who God is through the examples of their forefathers, but only a transformation occurred in Jacob\u2019s life when he put into practice what he had heard.
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\nYou, who are inside the Church, use your rational faith, because only hearing about it doesn\u2019t solve the problem, you solve it when you put it into practice. When a person sacrifices to the living God, not according to their instincts they become the very blessing.
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\nJacob was sacrificed by his actions, because he wanted do things his way and so was Rebekah. The same goes for us, or we sacrifice to God or we will be sacrificed. The choice is ours!
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\nWe will be back tomorrow talking about Jacob\u2019s life again.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"