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Peculiar Grace for Your Destiny

God, and this is the gate of heaven!” Then Jacob
rose early in the morning, and took the stone that
he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and
poured oil on top of it. And he called the name of
that place Bethel; but the name of that city had
been Luz previously. Then Jacob made a vow,
saying, If” God will be with me, and keep me in
this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat
and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my
father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be
my God. And this stone which I have set as a pillar
shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I
will surely give a tenth to You.”

As it turned out, Jacob was known to owe his life
subsequently to God. He could now see that the story his
parents had told him about the prophecy before his birth
that the younger of the two twins will rule over the older
would not be actualized by him supplanting his brother, but
by divine order. Jacob never learned this lesson until he
came into his desert or wilderness (Also see Genesis 32:24-
28).

2. Joseph’s Desert
Studying the life of JOSEPH you will notice that though he
had a privileged background and upbringing, God used his
desert seasons to shape him for his unique destiny, making
him to reign amongst foreigners in a foreign land. Joseph
could have missed God’s training programme for his life

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