Genesis 49 - Praying God's Word

 

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 gave his sons individual blessings.  Five of the brothers’ blessings are noteworthy.

Reuben, the firstborn, should have received the greatest blessings.  He forfeited them because of immorality (Genesis 35:22).

Simeon and Levi were cursed rather than blessed because of their violence, self-will, and anger (Genesis 34:25-30).

Judah was blessed, described as a lion, whose 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 because in the midst of attacks and affliction, he bore the fruit of righteousness, entrusting himself to God Almighty (Genesis 37-48).  

Which son are you?  Have you robbed yourself and your family of God’s blessings because of sin in your life?  If so, do not let your story end as a Reuben, Simeon, or Levi.  Become a Judah!  Repent and be a person of God.  Act like Joseph!  No matter the circumstances, entrust yourself to the hands of the Mighty One, living a fruitful life for God.

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