In Genesis 30:25-43 – The Illusion of Control, Jacob tries to earn God’s blessing through his own strength and wit. Like Jacob, why do we try to earn God’s favor? If you’ve been trapped in a performance based relationship with God don’t miss a powerful message from Pastor David Menard. Come discover it is God’s delight to save and bless you! Genesis 30-31 – The Illusion of Control, invites you to lay down your burden of trying to earn God’s blessings and instead calls you to freely receive His love for you.

 

• God promised Abraham

• God was defending Jacob

 

‘(And the LORD said to Jacob) “I am the LORD, God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.’”

Genesis 28:13–15, NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/gen/28/13-15/s_2801311

 

 

“Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’ And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.”

Genesis 31:11–12, NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/gen/31/11-12/s_31011

Why are we prone to try to earn God’s favor?
1) Unbelief that God is so kind / caring
2) We want to be in control

“To the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.”

Galatians 1:3-4, NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/gal/1/3-4/s_1092003