YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

 YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO


He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8


Text: Genesis 35:1-5 

Jacob had gone far away from the place of his encounter with God. He was in search of greener pastures. He lost a lot through this step including his daughter, Dinah into the hands of the Shechemites. 


God encountered him and ordered him to go back to his original place of worship. 


Jacob knew this was no longer ordinary journey but God driven journey. Thus, he ordered his family: "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves"  


If God must go with them on the journey back to the original place of encounter. Then, they must let go any foreign source of power and protection that they had accumulated in the various places they had sought for help. Indeed, even what they wear must pave way for what befit the Children of God: "..and change your garments."


Do you know the consequences of what these steps were: 


"And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob."


These were people who had been living and sustaining their lives by sword and personal power. Now, when the community of the people were sanctified and prepared. God put their terror upon the cities around them. They were no longer living by sword, but by eternal power. 


"There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 


An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 


Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 


To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 


Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and our shield. 


For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 


Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee".  Psalm 33:16-22


You know what to do...


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