The Service God Notices

Do you feel like you have to go through a lot for no apparent reason? I think all of us have felt like that at times in the various spheres of our life whether that is at home, work, church, or school. Maybe it feels like the boss never treats you fairly or your husband never notices all the work done around the house. The word that I think describes what life feels like at those times is “endures.” Have you ever dreamed in those times of enduring getting to make a speech like Jacob has here? You finally get to absolutely lay into those treating you unfairly with the family there to applaud when you’re done. Maybe you even had the chance to do that and didn’t even have to think of a much better answer in the shower three days later! Maybe you got to be free of that time of enduring like Jacob does at the end of this chapter.

 

If we are honest, though, there will be repeating times of enduring. Most of life is not spent on the other end of a boundary preventing your enemies from returning. More often than not, life will feel like verses 38-42 than 55. What do we do in those times?

 

Here, Jacob has something to teach us in how to endure well that will be in conversation with a couple other passages. Our main point today is: Live self-sacrificially so that others may not justly accuse you (1 Peter 2:13-25).