Will make them return.
Jacob,fled away,all alone from his older brother Esau as he threatened to kill Jacob ,and Jacob went towards Haran,to his uncle Laban,to marry his uncle’s daughter.In this pursuit, God appeared in his dream and gave him this promise.
Genesis 28:15”Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
God not only gave His promise but ensured to fulfill the same.After twenty years of waiting, God intervened .Jacob, toiled very hard,day in day out for his uncle Laban,just to prove himself and get his daughter’s hand in marriage.Inspite of all his sincere efforts Laban ,betrayed and deceived him.
Immediately an angel of God appeared to Jacob,in his dream and asked him to return to the land of his father’s and his family.When Jacob knew that Esau was coming to meet him ,he was greatly distressed that his brother would kill his children and their mothers,but God strengthened Jacob then brought his family and flock safely to the Land of Canaan.
When God gives a promise,that promise will lead throughout our lifetime, this is evident as we meditate on these verses.
When the famine was severe in the land of Canaan,Jacob’s younger son Joseph, was governor for Egypt, and Egypt had plenty of grain to sell to other countries,so Jacob along with the other sons came to Egypt,on Joseph’s invitation to buy grains.God spoke to Jacob,Genesis 46:4 “Do not fear to go down to Egypt,I will go with you and I will also surely bring you up again”,God once again re assured His promise.Jacob lived 17 years with his beloved son and at the age of 147 he died in the land of Egypt.Joseph and his brothers carried him to the Land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah,which was bought by Abraham as a property for a burial place.God’s promise to Jacob that “I will make you return “ was now fulfilled even after Jacobs death.
God brought The Israelites back.
During 70AD,Jerusalem and The temple were demolished once again.The Jews fled to different other countries .
Mathew 24:2 says “Do Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”this prophesy about Temple was fulfilled then.The country of Israel was removed completely from the world map.After thousands of years,the Jews who survived in various countries returned in huge numbers when the Nation of Israel was formed once again by 1948.
As mentioned in Hosea 3:5 “Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.”,the prophesy was fulfilled.
Testimony
Last November,Me and my wife decided to visit my son and daughter who live in the overseas.Inspite of the health Isurance cover the medical costs are very expensive in America,we don’t have the satisfaction too.During our stay there, i mentioned to my dear wife,supposing my demise happens please bury me in America itself and you need not have to take me to India,due to the high costs and the complex formalities.My wife also agreed .In such situation,one day when I was praying God gave me Geneis 28:15 as a promise.
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”Just three days prior to our travel to America,I fell sick suddenly.Medications did not work.In the early hours, of the day of our journey ,I was hospitalised.So we had to postpone our travel.We booked our tickets to America once again after ten days.My body felt weary,due to vomiting and giddiness.That day I participated in the morning worship,a Sister shared the message from Psalm 91, I experienced an inner peace.By noon we weighed bigger suitcase that we plan to carry for our journey.Since the weighing machine was not working well we had to repeat the process of weighing many times and that ended up making me physically tired and weak.
I went on to read Psalm 91,Genesis 28:15 again and again,not sure how many times I read.God strengthened me.With that renewed strength we reached the airport and landed at America.I did not experience any kind of weakness during my travel.All Glory to God.
God’s word assured me that He will take care of you wherever you go, ,God protected me while visiting many countries which involves 2 hrs of flying & 3 hrs of car travel each time. A week before our travel back to Chennai,I fell sick once again.Bought medicines from the pharmacy ; no change in my condition , so we approached a doctor and he said that he will not able to tell the time period for my healing and also no medicine for this disease
. I messaged few friends in our Army Of Jesus group and requested prayer.My children were also doubtful if it was possible for me to travel with such a physical state.I immediately shared the promise of God that he would be with me on my journey back.God indeed was faithful and helped me land Chennai without any issue.Hallelujah.
Prayer
Father In Heaven,I just want to thank you father, 8months before you gave me a promise and have faithfully fulfilled it in my life.For all the children who have received a promise from you Lord,I pray , will patiently wait to fulfill all your promises in their lives too.In Jesus Name I pray, Amen
Sol.Mohanasundaram