February 2
“And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord of Abraham thy father, and the
God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed
shall be as the dust of the earth…. and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed”
(Gen. 28:13-14).
Jacob was blind; he could not understand what he saw, and what he heard; but even though
he failed completely to comprehend the purposes of God, that did not change them. It was
because of fear that Jacob could not understand.
As long as there is fear in our hearts, we will never understand what God is saying. The devil
will bring all kinds of fear into our hearts at all times, and through this fear we are kept from
understanding God’s purpose and plans. Jacob had to learn many very hard lessons before
he knew what God meant. It took over 20 years for him to be delivered from fear. But we
have the Holy Ghost to teach us all things, so that we can be entirely and immediately free
from fear. It is only by the divine understanding of God’s house that we can know how much
blessing is ours to receive from the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is only through His
Church and in His Church that God can give blessing to others.