Genesis 47 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Genesis 47.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/47/1/s_47001

Meditate on verse 31b.

 

Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

 

Genesis 46 records Israel (Jacob) worshiping God before he journeyed to Egypt to be with Joseph.  By the end of Genesis 47, Jacob was seventeen years older and about to die.  The chapter ends with Jacob bowed in worship.  Jacob described his 130 years of life as unpleasant, yet despite the unpleasantness, Jacob worshiped God.

Genesis 47 also portrays a respectful son.  Joseph was the second most powerful man in the world.  But, when an old man called for him, Joseph went to his father and swore to do everything his father said.

God’s command to honor your father and mother does not come with an age clause, but it does come with a promise that your days will be prolonged in the land God gives you (Exodus 20:12).

No matter how young or old you are, God commands you to honor your parents.  If you have children, they are learning how to treat you by the way they see you treat their grandparents.  Learn from God’s Word how to honor your parents.

Pray Genesis 47:29-31 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, may ________ and I deal with our


parents in kindness and faithfulness.


Let us honor their requests, even in respect


to where they will be buried.


May we find favor in Your sight, LORD,


as we bow in worship of You by

the way we treat our parents.

 In Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell