_LIGHTS AND SHADOWS_ ‘With all my power I have served your father: and your father bath deceived me.’ Genesis 31:6 I. THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERY STEP IN OUR EDUCATION, whether we see it or not, and, though Jacob could not have guessed it at the time, yet, as we look back, we can easily understa... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE MID-PASSAGE OF LIFE_ ‘And Jacob served.’ Genesis 29:20 ‘This twenty years have I been with thee.’ Genesis 31:38 The twenty years of his sojourn in Mesopotamia are the least interesting portion of Jacob’s life. The record of this period is spread over three Chapter s, and in these simple ann... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HEAP OF WITNESS_ ‘And Laban said, This heap is a heap of witness between me and thee this day.’ Genesis 31:48 I. GOD HAD APPEARED TO LABAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND WARNED HIM against doing any harm to Jacob. Compelled thus to abandon his real object, he can but explain the hot haste with whic... [ Continue Reading ]