Verses Used:

• Genesis 21:11-13
• Genesis 26:23-25
• Genesis 27:21-24;41-44
• Genesis 28:12-15
• Genesis 32:22-29
• Genesis 50:17:21

Takeaways:

Scene 1: The Promised Son

• God showed that he never intended death - He intended to reveal that He provides redemption for sin.
• Every follower of Jesus faces tests of faith. It will happen. We get to choose how to respond.
• Twenty years without a child. Isaac prays persistently, and God hears - giving them twins, Esau and Jacob.

Scene 2: The Wrestler

• Jacob goes to live with his uncle Laban (His uncle becomes for Jacob what Jacob had been for others - a deceiver, a manipulator, someone always looking for an angle).
• Jacob wrestles with God
• Jacob is given a new name “Israel”. The deceiver becomes the namesake of God’s chosen people. Jacob goes from grasping to trusting, from manipulating to surrendering.

Scene 3: The Dreamer

• Joseph’s descent into suffering becomes the very path God uses for salvation.
• Joseph’s life teaches us: God is present even when we can’t see Him, human evil cannot stop God’s purposes, suffering can be redeemed for good, forgiveness is a reflection of God’s heart.
• God can redeem your story. Your past doesn’t limit God’s future.
• He is faithful. He is patient. He is powerful.
• Nothing is too hard for him. He has you. He has your family. He has the future.
• The God who kept his promise to Abraham’s family will keep His promises to yours.

Discussion Questions:

• What tests of faith do we experience in life, and why would God want to test our faith?
• Isaac lived a quiet, faithful life. What does his example teach us about steady obedience?
• How do we see God’s grace show up in Jacob’s story?
• How might we “wrestle” with God? What would that look like?

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