The One Year Bible - Day 15

Today, Genesis 32 shows us some great examples of humility as Jacob prepares to go back to the promised land. He know that Esau is there and probably still wants to kill him so he has a few choices. In this case he picks the correct one.

Firstly he could have ignored God and stayed where he was to avoid the conflict.

Secondly he could have gone back and fought against Esau - he could have enjoyed the conflict

What he actually did was got on his knees before God, offered gifts of reconciliation to Esau and actually had the possibility of conflict taken away. This is the God way - the supernatural way that says life's choices are not always the lesser of two evils, they are sometimes miraculous and undeserved as God who understands all is brought into the equation. God who knows whether someone is feeling generous that day or not, God who understands what people respond to and what causes them to become angry. If we seek God in humility, all of these situations are open to us daily.