Today is Monday, November 12, 2018, and here is your Daily Devo. Jacob schemed and lied to get what he wanted. In fact, he had numerous opportunities to come clean with his father and tell the truth, but he was so blinded with greed for the blessing that he continued to deceive. We are often no different than Jacob.
We usually find ourselves lying because of something we want. We want others to have a certain opinion of us, so we bend to the truth by presenting a less than honest version of ourselves on social media. We want to maintain a certain GPA, so we copy homework from a friend and lie to our teacher about the amount of effort we put into the assignment. Like Jacob, we have messed up.
We have also lied and deceived, but the response of grace and the offer of repentance that was given to him is offered to us as well. God is good and gracious. He is still willing to offer forgiveness and restoration and the opportunity to be used by him in extraordinary ways. Think about this.
In what kinds of situations do we find it easiest to lie? What do those situations tell us about what is our heart's crave? How does God's grace to Jacob encourage us toward repentance? Thanks for listening to the Daily Devo.
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