Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Reverence

From a heart of reverence

bowed in worship

Jacob spoke inheritance

words of promise.

Censure and comfort,

challenge and call.

Blessings unheard of.

Required new commitment

by each to follow in

pattern of relationships.

Family formed for God.

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

1.     Have your family’s expectations for you ever been changed by the Lord’s plans?

2.     Or your expectations for another family member or close friend?

3.     Which took priority in that instance: faith or anxiety? Why?

4.     Looking back can you identify the spiritual inheritance you received?

Share: How does it affect your perspective on new possibilities now?

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Hebrews 11: 21, “By faith, Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, ‘bowing in worship over the top of his staff.’”

As Jacob blessed from a heart of worship, he also brought about the unexpected. He gave a blessing to two grandsons claiming them as his own from Joseph. Whatever plans Joseph had intended for these sons, Jacob changed.

He reversed the blessings of the birth order and when Joseph tried to correct him, Jacob made it clear that he was not an old man mistaking identity, but giving the Lord’s prophecy on them.  And his actions guaranteed that future generations could never reject Ephraim and Manasseh from Israel because of their Egyptian birth and family connections. They belonged to his family and were given the same privileges of all his people under God’s authority.

He built a bridge of kinship effectively erasing all barriers of country, language, status, education and wealth. He faithfully communicated God’s truth to his descendants in the one way they could not counteract or deny—blessings of inheritance.

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” Gal 3: 28-29

Unexpected inheritance. Undeniable future. Unshakeable faith.

Psalm of Worship: Psalm 29:11

“The Lord will give strength to His people;

The Lord will bless His people with peace.”