"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed."GENESIS 31:42+The Fear of IsaacWhat, then, does the Ho...  Read More

[Jacob answered,] “Anyone with whom you find your gods shall not live."GENESIS 31:31-32+The Failings of the SaintsHere the Holy Spirit describes the human side in the saints. For however sublime they ...  Read More

Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have tricked me?"GENESIS 31:26+Bearing Reproach[Laban's accusations against Jacob are] certainly offensive and undeserving, but they are written in t...  Read More

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Does Not Forsake UsThus God does not forsake believer...  Read More

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Restrains SatanGod breaks and restrains the angry moo...  Read More

So Jacob arose and set his sons and wives on camels. . .. Laban had gone to shear his sheep.GENESIS 31:17, 19+The Proper Use of ReasonIt is to be observed carefully that Jacob does not tempt God but s...  Read More

[Jacob said,] "The God of my father has been with me."GENESIS 31:5+The Fight against DoubtHow am I to know for certain that I belong to the people of God? Before the incarnation of Christ the fathers ...  Read More

"I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+God Cares for UsMen should be individually certain about this, that they are the people of God, or members of the Church. Above all things this faith is necessary whi...  Read More

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+For Those in NeedIt is manifest what great troubles and annoyances Jacob endu...  Read More

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her.GENESIS 30:22+Ask, Seek, Knock without CeasingThis is how we, too, should learn to ask and hope for help whenever there is misfortune and faith totters. ...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+Below the Surface[God] does not give what His saints seek on the surface of their hearts and with that foam of wor...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+God Searches the HeartMoses has employed a significant word: "The Lord remembered." It is as though he were saying...  Read More