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                The Perils and Sorrows of a Contrite Heart!

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By David Wilkerson
May 19, 1997
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          To me, one of the most interesting people in the Old
          Testament is Jacob. Here was a cheating, deceiving,
          conniving, manipulating, supplanting man -- an
          incredible character. Yet God loved this man dearly! In
          fact, his life is filled with marvelous lessons for us
          about God's dealings with human nature.

          I'd like to pick up Jacob's story just as he's fleeing
          for his life from his older twin brother, Esau. Jacob
          had already outwitted Esau twice -- and now his brother
          was full of wrath!

          First, Jacob had tricked Esau out of his birthright.
          When Esau came in from hunting totally famished, Jacob
          offered him a pot of stew in exchange for his
          birthright. In their culture, the birthright was the
          right of the firstborn male to be head of the clan.
          This included a "double blessing" -- that is, receiving
          a double portion of all their father's possessions.

          More importantly, having the birthright also meant he
          was to be the progenitor of the patriarchal seed
          through which Christ would come: "...and in thy seed
          shall all the families of the earth be blessed"
          (Genesis 28:14). The seed of Abraham was Christ!

          Obviously, this particular birthright was of very great
          spiritual significance. And its importance exposes the
          awfulness of what Esau did in giving up the right of
          the firstborn, for a mere pot of stew!

          Next, Jacob had stolen the patriarchal blessing from
          his father, Isaac -- a blessing that belonged to Esau.
          Isaac was old and bedridden, with failing eyesight. And
          Jacob pretended to be Esau in order to get the
          blessing.

          When Esau learned that Jacob had stolen his blessing,
          he was determined to kill his brother. He said, "...he
          hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my
          birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my
          blessing....And Esau hated Jacob because of the
          blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau
          said in his heart...I will slay my brother Jacob"
          (27:36, 41).

          When Rebekah learned of Esau's plan, she persuaded
          Isaac to send Jacob away to Padanaram, where her
          brother Laban lived. Jacob could find a wife there and
          live peacefully until Esau's anger cooled off.

          So Jacob set off -- and while he was on his way, God
          gave him an incredible vision. Jacob saw a ladder going
          up to heaven, with angels going to and from the throne
          of God, doing his bidding: "And he dreamed, and behold
          a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached
          to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
          descending upon it" (28:12).

          This vision was not staged simply for Jacob's benefit.
          It wasn't some heavenly special effect the Lord whipped
          up just to impress him. No -- God was literally drawing
          back the curtain and showing Jacob the divine activity
          going on all the time! All those angels were on
          assignment -- going back and forth to the earth to
          guide and lead God's people, minister to them, camp
          around them, warn them, protect them, guard them,
          provide for their needs.

          Beloved, that ladder is still there! And those same
          angels have not aged a single hour since Jacob saw
          them. In fact, they are still working and ministering
          on our behalf today.

          Above this whole scene Jacob saw the Lord presiding:
          "And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am
          the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of
          Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give
          it, and to thy seed" (verse 13).

          With this promise, the Lord brought Jacob into the
          covenant blessing of his grandfather, Abraham, and his
          father, Isaac. The Lord was saying, "I have accepted
          you into the seed! You are the firstborn now, and you
          have the birthright. And so I'm going to bestow on you
          the covenant blessings of your fathers!"

          Then God added these wonderful promises: "And, behold,
          I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
          whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this
          land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that
          which I have spoken to thee of" (verse 15).

          God was giving Jacob an oath, saying, "I'll never leave
          you, Jacob -- I'll be with you every step of the way.
          You can never make a move I won't be involved in! And
          through it all I'm going to bring you into my eternal
          purpose for your life. My purpose will be acccomplished
          in you, no matter what!"

          Now, up to this time, I simply can't find any faith,
          goodness or grace in Jacob. How could he possibly be
          the covenant patriarch of God's eternal purpose? When
          the Bible says, "...Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I
          hated" (Romans 9:13), I want to ask, "Lord, what did
          you see in this man? I know you are holy and just, and
          you don't wink at the kinds of things he did. What made
          you not correct him? Why did you bless him, after he'd
          stolen and deceived?"

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                            God Saw Something in
                         Jacob's Heart That Brought
                         Forth His Great Love and a
                           Desire to Bless Him!

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          Scripture shows God's foreknowledge of Jacob -- that
          even from the womb this younger brother would have the
          birthright. When Esau came out of Rebekah's womb first,
          Jacob grabbed Esau's heel, as if to say, "No -- the
          birthright is mine!"

          And God honored that. When Rebekah felt a struggle
          between the twins during her pregnancy, God explained
          to her, "You have two nations inside you -- and the
          elder will serve the younger!" Jacob's very name means
          "supplanter" -- that is, "one who trips up another by
          underhanded means, to take his place through scheming,
          to overthrow and replace him."

          Certainly God took all of this into account before
          blessing Jacob. He saw the carnality in this man's
          actions. And Jacob was old enough to know better. He
          was at least forty years old when he pulled off his
          deceits (some scholars believe he was over seventy).
          And by that age, some things in his character should
          have been changed.

          So, why did the Lord make a covenant with this man? Why
          did he look so favorably on Jacob? Scripture must
          always answer scripture. And we read in Isaiah: "...I
          dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is
          of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit
          of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite
          ones" (Isaiah 57:15).

          This passage describes a man who, like Jacob, is
          dejected, on the run -- and God is reviving him,
          blessing him, honoring him. Isaiah adds: "...but to
          this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a
          contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word" (66:2).

          We know that humans consider the outward appearance,
          but God always looks at the heart. We can see only
          Jacob's covetousness, greed and manipulation. But God
          saw beyond his flesh and into something within his
          heart -- a contrite, broken spirit. God knew that
          something in Jacob's heart was willing to be changed.

          And that is exactly what God is looking for in us! He
          looks for a broken, contrite heart he can work on. He
          can't do anything with an Esau type, who takes the
          things of God for granted, and who weeps phony tears of
          repentance. Esau was sensual, and his heart was hard.
          He was like many Christians today -- floating through
          life with no purpose, wanting only to enjoy sensual
          pleasures along the way.

          Yet Jacob revered God's word. How do I know this? Think
          about it: Jacob must have heard his father, Isaac, tell
          over and over the story of how God had made a covenant
          with Jacob's grandfather, Abraham. He heard of the time
          Isaac was laid on the altar to be slain -- but when
          Abraham lifted the knife, God stopped him and showed
          him a lamb to be used for the sacrifice instead.
          Finally, Jacob also heard of the holy seed that was to
          come from the patriarchal lineage.

          In addition to all this, Jacob's mother probably
          reminded him of the dream God had given her -- that
          Jacob would be the holy seed. Jacob must have thrilled
          at the thought that one day he would be the head of the
          clan -- carrying the torch of the lineage through which
          the Messiah would come!

          Jacob was aware that the birthright held great
          spiritual significance and meaning. Yet, when he looked
          at his older brother, Esau, all he saw was sensuality
          and worldliness. Esau was a profane man, calloused to
          such truth. He had married two Canaanite wives. Jacob
          simply would not allow the birthright to fall into such
          ungodly hands and be lightly disregarded. So he
          determined to take Esau's position. He declared, "I
          want the birthright!"

          There is no evidence Jacob wanted this privilege for
          selfish reasons. After all, he wouldn't be the head of
          the clan, because he would be gone for some twenty
          years. And he never tried to raise up an army, return
          and take his double portion. No, it is clear in my mind
          that, deep in his heart, Jacob had a yearning and
          longing for God. And the Lord must have seen the
          spiritual meaning behind Jacob's actions. I see no
          other reason why he would endure Jacob's deceptive plan
          to take over the birthright.

          Today, the Lord has given us wonderful, new covenant
          promises as well. And they're just like the promises he
          made to Jacob -- to be with us always, to keep us from
          falling, to provide us with every heavenly blessing, to
          fulfill his eternal purposes in our lives.

          Yet, God does not covenant with everyone who claims to
          be a believer. He doesn't promise to keep or deliver
          those like Esau, who have little regard for holy
          things. God loves and blesses the Jacob type -- the one
          who knows he has inconsistencies and weaknesses. This
          one has a willingness to be changed and molded by the
          hand of God. Something in him is always breaking and
          yielding.

          The word "contrite" means "broken in spirit by a sense
          of guilt; a condition of being sincerely repentant;
          having a hatred for sin and a willingness to change."
          Even Webster's definition for "contrite" is "grieving
          and penitent for sin or shortcoming." Contrition is a
          detesting of sin and a desire to change.

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                             Jacob Set Off for
                          Padanaram to Find a Wife
                           -- With a Great Sense
                            That God Loved Him!

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          As Jacob entered into the new land, it soon became
          clear God was with him at every step, just as promised
          -- because his first stop was one of divine order. He
          met some shepherds who told him they knew his uncle,
          Laban -- and they pointed out to him a beautiful woman
          who was leading some sheep to water. "That's Laban's
          daughter, Rachel," they said.

          When Jacob saw Rachel, he thought, "Lord, you truly are
          with me. You've led me to the most beautiful woman I've
          ever seen -- and she's going to be my wife!"

          Jacob quickly sprang into action. There was a huge
          stone covering the water where the sheep were to drink.
          Yet, before Rachel could get there, Jacob moved the
          stone and watered the sheep. When Rachel arrived, Jacob
          told her, "I'm Rebekah's son" -- and he kissed her
          immediately! It had to be love at first sight.

          I can imagine the excitement Jacob felt in that moment.
          He probably couldn't wait to get to Laban's house. When
          he did meet his uncle, he was hired immediately as a
          shepherd. Yet Laban told him, "Even though you're my
          nephew, I'm not going to make you work free of charge.
          What do you want for your wages?"

          Jacob pointed to Rachel and blurted, "I want her as my
          wife! And I'll work seven years for her." Sure enough,
          Jacob worked a total of 2,555 days to marry Rachel.
          Night after night he endured the cold and heat of
          shepherding work. Yet scripture says he was so in love
          with her, those seven years seemed like only a few days
          to him.

          Finally, the wedding day came. After the vows had been
          made and the celebration ended, Jacob retired to his
          tent to anxiously await his veiled bride, Rachel. But
          Laban had other plans! He worked out a scheme in which
          his oldest daughter, Leah -- who apparently was plain
          and unattractive -- would veil herself and go into
          Jacob's tent instead of her younger sister.

          Once Leah was inside with Jacob, she must have
          whispered instead of talking, for fear her voice would
          give her away. Jacob probably attributed it to a new
          bride's shyness. In the darkness of the tent, he had no
          idea it was "weak-eyed" Leah who lay in his arms.

          What a time that must have been! I wonder how many
          sweet things Jacob spoke into Leah's ear, thinking she
          was Rachel. He probably shared countless dreams with
          her, talking the night away: "I want ten children --
          no, twelve!" His new wife only whispered back and
          nodded her approval.

          Yet, when Jacob awoke the next morning, he saw Leah
          lying next to him and cried out, "You're not Rachel!"
          Angered, he ran to Laban and shouted, "You deceived
          me!" (a strange accusation, coming from the
          "supplanter"!).

          Laban offered Jacob a new deal. He said, "In our
          society, it isn't right to marry off the younger
          daughter before the older. I'll tell you what -- just
          fulfill your week of the honeymoon with Leah, and then
          you can have Rachel also. But in return, you'll have to
          give me another seven years of work."

          "And he [Jacob] went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
          also Rachel more than Leah, and served with (Laban) yet
          seven other years" (Genesis 29:30). Scripture says not
          only that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, but that
          he hated the less attractive woman: "And when the Lord
          saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel
          was barren" (verse 29).

          These sisters now despised one another. As time went
          by, they did nothing but argue. Imagine how Jacob felt
          about it all. Now he was tied down to seven more years
          of slave labor, during which his wages would change ten
          times. He was in no position to provide for his family
          or to move forward with his own plans.

          One night he sat in an open field and had it out with
          the Lord: "God, how did I end up in this mess? You made
          such great promises to me. You told me you would guide
          me, keep me, fulfill your plans in me. Why didn't you
          stop this deception? How could any of this be your
          leading?

          "Now my whole future is in question. I can't make any
          plans, because I'm tied down to this evil man for the
          next seven years. And he's robbing his daughters of all
          their inheritance. There won't be anything left, Lord.
          I simply have no future. What kind of covenant walk is
          this?"

          Now, you may reason to yourself, "Maybe Jacob didn't
          seek God about who he was supposed to marry. Maybe he
          had the wrong motives and chose Rachel by his flesh.
          Maybe he was supposed to marry Leah." All that is
          beside the point. God could have intervened on Jacob's
          behalf at any time -- but he didn't.

          The fact is, we can have a contrite spirit and still
          have marital problems. Perhaps this describes you. You
          and your spouse may be going through a terrible trial.
          You've prayed, "Lord, I don't understand! I know my
          heart is right, and I'm walking in covenant with you. I
          seek you faithfully. I worship you. So, why are you
          allowing this awful trial?"

          Like Jacob, most of us think that contrite, praying
          Christians shouldn't have to endure great sorrows. We
          shouldn't have to face awful times or fearful
          conditions in which our very future is threatened. Yet,
          in reality, we can be humble, repentant, praying
          Christians -- surrendered wholly to God's will,
          obedient in all things, walking in covenant with him --
          and still suffer great peril and sorrows!

          Nowhere in the Bible does God promise to keep us from
          marital or family problems. Never does he promise us a
          smooth ride in our job or career. Nor does he promise
          us any exemption from affliction. In fact, he says:
          "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the
          Lord delivereth him out of them all" (Psalm 34:19).
          This verse doesn't say God delivers us from
          afflictions, but out of them.

          Paul speaks of knowing the heights and depths of God's
          love for him. Yet the Lord didn't keep Paul's ship from
          sinking. In fact, he allowed the apostle to be stoned,
          beaten, disgraced. Paul says he was exposed to perils
          on land and on sea, from robbers and from his own
          countrymen.

          At times we may weep, wondering, "God, where are you?
          Why haven't you taken me out of this?" But even though
          the Lord allows us to go through things that try our
          souls, in one way or another he delivers us out of them
          all -- just as he did with Jacob, Joseph and Paul.

          I believe few Christians have faced the tragic,
          sorrowful family problems Jacob had. For example, he
          didn't know that his special love, Rachel, was a secret
          idolater -- and that God had shut her womb as a result.
          Indeed, Rachel didn't have a child for years, because
          she had stolen her father's family idols: "Now Rachel
          had taken the images, and put them in the camel's
          furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all
          the tent, but found them not" (Genesis 31:34).

          Jacob was totally unaware of this. But when Laban found
          out the idols were missing, he went after Jacob and
          demanded that he return the images. Jacob was incensed
          at the accusation. Little did he know, his beautiful
          wife was so attached to idols that she lied to keep
          them hidden!

          Talk about a troubled family. Here was Leah, stuck in a
          loveless marriage, with no future. She gave birth to
          son after son, thinking, "Maybe now my husband will
          love me." But nothing ever changed. And now her sister
          was enraged at her for having stolen Jacob's
          affections.

          Here was Rachel, an idolater who berated Jacob
          constantly to give her a child -- and yet her womb was
          closed by God, because he hated her idolatry.

          Please understand -- all this time, Jacob was walking
          in obedience to God. Finally, after serving the
          additional seven years, God came to Jacob in a dream
          and said, "God back to Bethel, the place where I first
          met you. Build an altar there, as you promised you
          would do."

          And Jacob obeyed. He rounded up his family and herds
          and started out for Bethel, toward his own father's
          home.

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                         Jacob Was Heading Into the
                         Greatest Peril of His Life
                          -- Even Though He Was on
                          the Path of Obedience!

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          Jacob had heard a clear word from God, and he acted in
          full obedience to that word. He knew he was under
          covenant -- that God would keep him, be with him and
          fulfill his plan for him. Yet Jacob faced a peril that
          brought him to the very brink of destruction!

          He was going back to face his brother, Esau, and his
          father, Isaac, whom he had deceived. And, at one point,
          a messenger came to Jacob, warning him, "Esau is coming
          this way with an army of four hundred men. He's out to
          get you!"

          Scripture says, "Then Jacob was greatly afraid..."
          (Genesis 32:7). I can imagine the panic that hit Jacob.
          He quickly divided his clan into two groups, thinking,
          "If Esau kills one group, at least the other can
          escape." Yet, even in this most fearful experience of
          his life, we see proof of Jacob's broken, contrite
          heart:

          "Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
          father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return
          unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal
          well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the
          mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed
          unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this
          Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

          "Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,
          from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will
          come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
          And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make
          thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be
          numbered for multitude" (verses 9-12).

          Jacob was holding to the covenant God had made with
          him. He was saying, in essence, "Lord, you made me a
          promise! I know I'm not worthy of it. I know my name
          means 'Supplanter.' But now, in this path of obedience,
          you've brought me to the brink of total despair.

          "You told me you would go with me, Lord. But now I'm
          about to lose my family, everything. I'm not claiming
          any goodness on my part. But I know I love you and am
          obeying you. So, where is your covenant, God?"

          The next time we see Jacob, he is in awful travail.
          Throughout the entire night, he wrestled with an angel
          (which was the Lord himself). And the Bible tells us he
          "prevailed" with the angel. He emerged from that night
          of travail a changed man: "And he said, Thy name shall
          be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince
          hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
          prevailed" (verse 28).

          Some Christians may think, "The reason Jacob suffered
          up to that point was because he didn't have faith. But
          now he had prevailing faith and power -- and he didn't
          have to be tested with any more troubles or sorrows. He
          could just rebuke the devil and go his way rejoicing!"

          No! Jesus said his father causes the rain to fall both
          "...on the just and on the unjust..." (Matthew 5:45).
          And until we go to glory, we will continue to face many
          afflictions. There is no place to run -- no place out
          of the reach of the perils and sorrows of a contrite
          heart!

          God saved Jacob from Esau's wrath on that occasion. But
          then, instead of going all the way to Bethel as he was
          commanded, Jacob stopped halfway. Even though he was
          walking in covenant with God and in new power, he
          camped near the Hivites in Shalem, which was in Canaan,
          and settled there.

          One day, while walking through the fields, Jacob's
          daughter Dinah was raped by a young man named Shechem.
          Afterward, Shechem confessed to Jacob and said he
          wanted to marry Dinah. But Dinah's brothers were
          enraged at Shechem -- and they had a scheme.

          It was against the law to intermarry. But Jacob's sons
          agreed to marry Hivite women, and to allow Hivite men
          to marry their sisters, as long as the Hivite men were
          circumcised. Yet, while the Hivites were sore and
          healing from their circumcisions, Jacob's sons attacked
          and slew them all, kidnaping their children and
          plundering their possessions.

          When Jacob found out about it, he was grieved beyond
          words. This man of prayer looked at his murderous sons
          and said, "You've shamed me before the whole world.
          What kind of men are you?"

          Beloved, all of this sorrow came after Jacob had
          prevailed in prayer! But that wasn't the end of Jacob's
          troubles. In his old age, Jacob sired a son, Joseph,
          who became the joy of his life. Jacob played with the
          boy, taught him, and gave him a coat of many colors.
          Then one day, the coat was brought back to Jacob in
          tatters. He was told a wild animal had killed Joseph in
          the fields.

          I can picture the bitter tears Jacob wept over his son.
          That had to be the worst sorrow of his life, the
          greatest test of his faith. Even his prevailing power
          in prayer couldn't bring back his son.

          Then, on top of his grief, Jacob had to face a terrible
          famine -- one of the worst perils of his life. He saw
          nature drying up before his eyes -- and again,
          prevailing power in prayer couldn't bring down rain. He
          faced the possibility of having to watch his family
          members starve to death, one by one.

          Yet then things grew even worse. When Jacob sent his
          sons to Egypt to buy food, they returned with the news
          that his youngest son, Benjamin, was being held hostage
          there. That was simply too much for the old man. Jacob
          almost collapsed under the strain.

          I have to wonder at this point in Jacob's story: When
          does the flood of trials ever stop? Is this what
          happens when you walk in covenant with God -- when you
          have a humble heart before him? Doesn't God keep his
          covenants? Or does it even pay to live faithfully
          before him?

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                            Now Let Me Take You
                            to Another Scene in
                               Jacob's Life!

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          Turn your attention now to Pharaoh's court. Here stands
          Jacob as an old man -- 130 years of age -- and his lost
          son, Joseph, suddenly rushes to embrace him. As it
          turns out, Joseph is second in command over all of
          Egypt. And everywhere Jacob goes with his son -- in the
          palace, through the streets, in his chariot -- people
          bow to Joseph in respect and awe.

          When Pharaoh asks Jacob how old he is, he answers,
          "...The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an
          hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of
          the years of my life been..." (Genesis 47:9). The
          Hebrew reads, "Few and sorrowful have my days been." In
          short: "I've seen a lot of suffering."

          Yet, was it worth it? Yes -- absolutely! Jacob and his
          family had been delivered from the famine. All seventy
          members of his clan were now safe from harm, planted in
          the richest farmland in Egypt. They had all the food
          they could eat. And Jacob's son was on the throne!

          Now Jacob -- a man with a contrite heart -- could look
          back and say, "When my brother Esau threatened me, it
          looked like my life was over. But God brought me out!
          My Lord was there the whole time. When Laban tried to
          destroy me, God blessed and delivered me. And the Lord
          delivered my wife, Rachel, and my family from the
          perils of idolatry.

          "I was victorious over all my enemies. None of them
          ever rose up to challenge me. And I lived to see my
          seed multiply and prosper -- the beginnings of a great
          nation. I lived to walk in the midst of my
          grandchildren -- even great, great, great
          grandchildren. And now my sons will be the patriarchs
          of Israel, leaders over their own tribes.

          "Not a word God told me in the beginning has ever
          failed. My Lord has kept his every word to me!"

          And, beloved, so will he with us today!

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