Sermons from March 2026
The Drama of Jacob
Gen 29/30 Jacob eventually arrives near the region where his uncle Laban lives and meets shepherds at a well. There he encounters Rachel, Laban’s daughter, and is immediately overwhelmed with emotion. After greeting her, Rachel runs home and informs her father, who warmly receives Jacob. After a month, Laban proposes that Jacob should not work for free and asks what wages he wants. Laban has two daughters: Leah, the older, and Rachel, the younger. Rachel is described as beautiful, and…
Surely the LORD is in this Place
Esau, seeing Jacob blessed again and realizing his own marriages displeased his parents, attempts to correct his course by taking another wife from Ishmael’s line. His reaction appears outwardly adjusted but lacks true surrender. It reflects the difference between superficial regret and genuine repentance—wanting the blessing without embracing the covenant. Meanwhile, Jacob travels alone, exhausted and afraid. With no shelter but a stone for a pillow, he falls asleep in an ordinary, unnamed place. There, without prayer or preparation, heaven…