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OBSG Series 01 - Instructing a Child of Destiny – Genesis 28:1-5

Every time GOD finds a man to fulfill a purpose, specific instructions are given to such fellow…your success will be determined by your level of endurance and obedience to the instructions from GOD.  As we can see in Genesis 28:1-5, Jacob was a man of Destiny, whom GOD had ordained even before his conception, and as such, he was given instructions by his father Isaac to marry well from where he did as another covenanted child.

Genesis 28: 1-5
1. Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
2. Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
3. “May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may be an assembly of peoples;
4. And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your descendants with you that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
5. So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Most times, GOD pass instructions to us through our parents, friends, pastors and even strangers.  We need to be spiritually alert to know if we are hearing from GOD or the devil. Obeying such instructions is all we need to succeed, if only we will not let the things of this world drag us into disobeying GOD’s instructions.  As a believer, we are given the unmerited favour and opportunity to commune with our maker and receive instructions from HIM that will shape our destiny.  We can only achieve success like Jacob deed, when we follow GOD’s divine instructions.
Praise the LORD of HOST.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER help us imbibe the spirit of obedience to obey every Instructions from YOUR word that will lead us to live a peaceful, successful and prosperous life in JESUS name, amen.
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