May 24th, 2026 | Painful Providence | Grace Valley Church, Dundas, Ontario

After weeks of walking through perilous terrain, Jacob arrives at his destination in Harran. In order to woo himself a wife, he sidles up to her father Laban, a professional schemer and a man who turns out to out-scheme Jacob himself. If the way this story unfolds seems familiar to those of you who have been following along in our series thusfar, its because God intended us to see the effects of generational sin and deception and how they have a ripple effect throughout our lives. But while the pattern of sin is more than apparant in the similiarities between Jacob and his father Isaac's stories, a few key differences show us that God is at work through it all, despite the folly of Jacob himself. God works through all things. All sin patterns, all tendencies, all deceptions and all bad intentions. He is our Sovereign Lord. He weaves His mercy and goodness through all the self-imposed pain in our lives so that His plan for our ultimate redemption will be fulfilled despite our selfish ambitions and mixed up motivations.