Title From the Jabbok Ferry (November 23)
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From Yabbok Ferry
(Genesis 32:23-32)
(…) Today's text is the story of Jacob who goes back to his hometown where he left 20 years ago. Across the river is your hometown. (…) But Jacob is at the Jabbok ferry with fear and anxiety.(…) When Jacob crosses the river, he is killed by Esau, or the wealth he has accumulated over the years is wasted. This is the reality of Jacob standing at the Jabbok Ferryout.(…) Now, I want to receive grace together with Jacob under the title of “Jabbok Ferry”.
Jacob did everything he could.
He devised a way to keep his wives, slaves, and many possessions from Esau and the 400 men. (…) When things did not go his way, Jacob implemented the second method of dividing his possessions into two groups. Still, I was anxious and prayed to God.(…) Jacob had the will to overcome failure. In prayer, he called to his grandfather Abraham and to the God of his father Isaac. They swarmed to ask God to do what He had promised. And I spent a long and terrifying night there. (…) Those who believe in God must believe in God and take measures even when they are in trouble. Jacob prays while pursuing his plan, and after praying, he opens a new phase.
Yabbok Naruther makes Jacob change the way he lives.
(…) Jacob was a materialist who valued material satisfaction as the highest value. So I tried to be the firstborn, bought the birthright, and stole the birthright. Jacob lived a life centered on me.(…) He lived a life where he could do anything for me.(…) The Yabbok Naruter helped to correct this wrong life of Jacob.
I experienced Peniel at the Yabbok Ferry.
When will Jacob meet Peniel? It's time to be alone. Jacob had done everything a man could do, but his heart was burning with hunger. The waters of the Jabbok River flowed carelessly, and he was left alone. It was lonely, lonely, and lonely.(…) Jacob was naked and empty-handed. But you need to know. God prepared this very moment. God wanted to meet Jacob on a one-on-one basis.(…) When I am alone, it is a time of loneliness, a time of fear, and a time of longing for people. How moving will you be to meet God at such times! (…) Spiritual prayer will arise at this time. God left Jacob alone so that he might plead with “someone.” Wrestling means praying. That is, it is a prayer of mourning. It is an insistent prayer, a militant prayer, a decisive prayer.
Yabbok Naruter is the final station of the self. At the Jabbok Ferry, Jacob's courage, means, wiles, and tactics were unquestionably broken. A person who is carnal becomes a person of the spirit.(…) Jacob gave up on himself at the ferry. I put it down. There he received God's blessing and received a new name. Where the face of God shines, the darkness of lies and pride fades away, and the light of Israel begins. The darkness has gone and a new day has come. It was the morning of God's blessing on the Yabbok River ferry.
Amen