Please read Genesis 49.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/49/1/s_49001
Meditate on verse 28b.
He blessed them,
every one with the blessing appropriate to him.
Before Jacob
died, he called his twelve sons to him to give them individual blessings. Five
of the brothers’ blessings are noteworthy.
Reuben, the
firstborn, should have received the greatest blessings. He forfeited those
blessings because of immorality (Genesis 35:22).
Simeon and
Levi were cursed rather than blessed because of their violence, self-will,
anger, and wrath (Genesis 34:25-30).
Judah was
blessed. He was described as a lion, and the scepter would never be taken from
his family. Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah, is descended from this son of
Israel (Revelation 5:5). Despite Judah’s immoral, violent, and self-willed
past, he was blessed because he repented and became a man of God (Genesis
37-38; 44).
Joseph was
blessed with abundant, surpassing blessings from God Almighty because in the
midst of attacks and affliction, he bore the fruit of righteousness. He
entrusted himself to the hands of the Mighty One (Genesis 37-48). In the middle
of Jacob pronouncing blessing on Joseph, he prophesied Jesus’ coming: “From the
hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of
Israel)” (Genesis 49:24b).
Which son
are you? Have you robbed yourself and your family of God’s blessings because of
sin in your life? Is your life marked by immorality, violence, self-will,
anger, and wrath? If so, do not let your story end as a Reuben, Simeon, or
Levi. Become a Judah! Repent and become a person of God! Act like Joseph! No
matter the circumstances, entrust yourself to the hands of the Mighty One. Live
a fruitful life for the LORD.
Pray Genesis
49:22 and 24-25 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful,
prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“God
Almighty, help and bless _________ and
me.
Bless us
with the blessings of heaven above
and the deep that lies beneath.
Make us a
fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring;
let our
branches run over a wall.
In Your
name Shepherd, the Stone of
Israel, Jesus Christ our LORD~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and
Marsha Harvell
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