The Blessing That Provokes Envy: Isaac's Prosperity and Departure from Gerar (Genesis 26:11-17) [Audio]

LifePoint Baptist Church Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister lpforme.com Sunday Evening Sermon Title: The Blessing That Provokes Envy: Isaac's Prosperity and Departure from Gerar Date: June 21, 2026 Passage: Genesis 26:11-17 In this Sunday Evening Sermon, Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister preaches from Genesis 26:11-17, showing how the Lord greatly blessed Isaac in the land, how that blessing stirred up envy among the Philistines, and how Isaac responded by departing rather than striving. This message points us to the goodness of God's blessing, the hostility that prosperity in the Lord can provoke, and the quiet confidence of faith that leaves room for God to order our steps. Genesis 26:11-17 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.