Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 46:1-7
by: Trisha Gerstel.
Jacob heard and obeyed the message God sent in a vision. It was no small undertaking. If we read further in Geneses 46, we see that Jacob brought 66 people (plus the wives of his sons) to Egypt at God’s command (v. 27). This large group of people took with them all of their possessions, including their livestock—all this from a man of 130 years (Genesis 47:28)! Yet Jacob did as he was told, because he believed that God was wise and powerful, and that He was carrying out a master plan for Jacob and his family. Let us pray that we meet our own callings with such faith.