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Daily Devotion: Genesis 33:4

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Genesis 33:4   "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."

"And Esau ran..."
Let's put ourselves in the mind of Jacob.  He never wanted to have to face Esau again. The report given to him was that his brother was coming with four hundred men. He was fearful because Esau had vowed to kill him. His only recourse had been to pray to the God of his father and grandfather.  But his skill was to depend on himself. Now he was having to depend upon God. He looks with his eyes and sees Esau running toward him.. what was about to happen??

He could not have been ready for what he experienced. He had prayed as though he felt he had to remind God, "You said you would surely do me good." He had no idea how good God really is.  Until "... Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."

You are the God of my father and  grandfather and now.... You are my God! Not because of anything I have done, but because you are truly merciful and gracious.  Jacob "... erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel." {Which is interpreted the mighty God of Israel (Jacob)}

He is my God! How about you? Do we place anything else above the authority and devotion to God? 

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