Covered By The Mantle Of The Kinsman Redeemer | Now Conference - Part 5 | Jarrod Cooper

God said that we have held out trough the night, but now was the time, like the Angel of the Lord told Jacob, to let go, and let God… Jacob refused to let go and asked for a blessing, and his name was changed to Israel, the God struggler. It is alright to be a God struggler, it is what He calls his people, because we have struggled with God and man and have overcome. Jacob saw God face to face (presence to presence) there and his life was changed. Positioning yourself is putting your life where God’s face would burn you. After staying and struggling through the night, God says “it is time” at daybreak, meets with us, and changes us. We go through stages, first coming to church, the house of God, then we meet up with his presence, the face of God, and then come the realization that we serve the God of the House, bringing it all together. Looking at the history of Ruth and Naomi, we see that Ruth’s name means friend or companion and by going back to Israel with Naomi and completely identifying with her new nation, she was exactly that. Being in difficulties, these two widows positioned themselves there where everything could be solved, first by gleaning on the edges of the fields and eventually Ruth laid down at the feet of her redeemer, Boas, in the evening. When he awoke in the middle of the night, she requested that he, being her redeemer, spread the corner of his garment over her and make right that which was wrong. In the same way we put our presence and lives in God’s presence and have him, as our redeemer, spread his garment over us, and make everything right which is wrong.