In the middle of a list of blessings to his sons, Jacob seems to pause; he doesn’t rush on to the next one, he looks up perhaps, and he says, “I look for your deliverance, Lord.” Genesis 49 v 18
I find this interesting. Right in the middle of the blessings, Jacob has a new thought. It leaves me thinking this was something deep in his soul that wouldn’t stay down any longer.
At the end of his long life, he is still waiting on the Lord.
He has spent the majority of his life waiting. He has waited through years when the promises of God felt very far from the reality before him.
And still he waits.
Jacob, old and near death, is still looking and waiting on God.
His eyes have seen the pit, the grief, the long silent years over Joseph, and yet he is still looking up. This is an expectant dying man, leaning forward into what God has not yet done.
That’s how I want to leave this world, don’t you?
This is faith with eyes wide open, even if they are closing.
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