READ Genesis 27
Jacob deceives Isaac into blessing him rather than his older brother Esau.
 
INSIGHT
This chapter is a low point in the life of a chosen family. It is difficult to justify the behavior of anyone. Perhaps the deepest, most helpful lesson we can learn from this chapter is that since God was able to make a saint out of someone like Jacob, God can take our lives-with all of their sin and failure - and make something out of them for His glory. Jacob lied; we lie. Jacob failed to trust God; we fail to trust God. Jacob became a man of God; we can become men and women of God. Jacob was used by the Lord; the Lord can use us, too. For a child of God, there is always a future; and that future can bear fruit. If God can use Jacob, God can use us.
 
PRAYER
We praise the Lord with joy because He never gives up on us, His children:
Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the Lord!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before him with joyful songs.
Acknowledge that the Lord is God.
He made us, and we are his
His people, the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 100:1-3).
 
Now pray this confession to the Lord in response to His revelation:
Lord, I have heard the report about you;
Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds.
Revive your work in these years;
Make it known in these years.
In your wrath remember mercy! (Habakkuk 3:2).
 
As you confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, voice your affirmation of God's Word:
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us,
So that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
(2 Corinthians 5:21).
 
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:

• Faithfulness with your finances
• Revival among Christians in America
• The concerns of your heart

 
Now offer this prayer of worship to the Lord:
The Lord will protect your coming and going
Both now and forever (Psalm 121:8).