“Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Genesis 35:1-3
God spoke to Jacob and gave him some very specific instructions.
He was to go to Bethel, settle there and build an altar to God.
Jacob was not quiet about the instructions.
As a matter of fact he spoke to his entire household and those with him, not only where they were going but, what he would do when they got there and why he was doing it. He spoke to the fact that God was with him in the day of his distress and was with him wherever he went. Jacob was boasting about God to his entire house. Sometimes we can take a lot of heat when we give God the Glory – just look at all of the uproar over Tim Tebow expressing his faith and love for God – but the grief we might receive should never cause us to be silent when God is worthy of praise.
This coming Sunday we celebrate Christmas.
At ‘His Place’, here is what is planned:
“I would like to extend an opportunity to anyone that wishes to take about 2-4 minutes and share with the family of His Place the great things or thing that God has done in your life this year.
Our God is so worthy of praise and glory and this coming Sunday I just want to declare to the earth and the heavens what He has done. I want our kids to hear of a God that still moves in the lives of people and in so doing building faith in them.”
Pastor Tim
No matter where you may find yourself this Sunday; take a few moments to give God the Glory for the things He has done in your life this past year. Share with others His goodness and love. Let them know that He not only came in a manger over 2,000 years ago but He is here today and can help them, just as He helped Jacob, in the day of their distress.
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