Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 33: 12-14
MEDITATION
Genesis 33:12-14
12 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”
13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.
14 Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, are able to endure, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Esau’s personal offer
a. He offered to travel with Jacob and his family.
b. Esau would set the pace and go before Jacob.
c. His presence and association would provide protection for Jacob.
2. Jacob’s response
a. He declined this offer.
b. He gave a good explanation.
3. Explanation
a. Concern for Jacob’s children.
Some would be quite young. They may not be able to keep up with Esau.
b. Concern for the flocks and herds.
Some of them would be nursing. They cannot keep a hectic pace of walking.
If they are driven hard, the young might die.
4. Jacob’s preferred pace
a. The pace would be much slower than that of Esau and his 400 men.
b. Jacob must proceed at his usual pace.
c. It would be at a pace where
i. His family and children can endure.
ii. The flocks and herds and their young may continue to survive well.
d. The slow pace that Jacob preferred might not sit as well with Esau and his men.
经文:创世记 33:12-14
沉思
《创世记 33:12-14》
12 以扫说:“我们可以起身前往,我在你前头走。”
13雅各对他说:“我主知道孩子们年幼娇嫩,牛羊也正在乳养的时候,若是催赶一天,群畜都必死了。14求我主在仆人前头走,我要量着在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行,直走到西珥我主那里。”