Day 06

Jacob’s Ladder

Isaac and Rebekah had two sons: Jacob and Esau. This story focuses on Jacob. Jacob’s life takes the most remarkable turn as a seemingly ordinary place becomes extraordinary. As he slept on a stone pillow, he had a most incredible dream. Today, we’re going to read all about that dream.

Read Genesis 28:10-22

Chat

1. Verse 11 tells us plainly that Jacob wasn’t staying in a nice hotel, so where had he found to go to sleep?
2. What was the dream which Jacob had?
3. In verses 16 and 17 we see that Jacob viewed the place where he had stayed entirely differently the next morning. What did he call it before he left?

Pray

Father God, we thank You that You can transform the ‘everyday’ and ordinary things around us into an awesome place - the very gate of heaven! Help us see the place where you have put us with fresh eyes today. Help us to see how and where You are already at work and the amazing things You are doing. Amen.

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Genesis 28:10-22

¹⁰Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. ¹¹When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. ¹²He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. ¹⁴Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. ¹⁵I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” ¹⁶When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” ¹⁷He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” ¹⁸Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. ¹⁹He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz. ²⁰Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear ²¹so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God ²²and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”