5:16 Podcast
A media production of Community Bible Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A church dedicated as a Community of Christ to reach the Community for Christ. This podcast aims to provide biblically based sermons, commentary, topical studies, interviews, and conversations on a 5:16 foundation with a 3:16 mission.
5:16 Podcast
Disappointment According to God | Genesis 29:1-30
This week, we will be exploring Genesis 29:1-30 together, Disappointment According to God.
Have you ever felt disappointed in life?
Have you ever wondered why life hasn't turned out as you expected?
Have you ever faced the stark reality that the people, things, relationships, and circumstances of this world will never fully satisfy?
In Genesis 29, Jacob is about to get a big dose of reality. In fact, he is going to get a big dose of his own medicine.
Life has pretty much always worked out the way Jacob planned. He was able to finagle situations, make things work, use his smarts to get what he wanted. He was pretty self-confident in his own abilities.
But in Genesis 29, Jacob meets his match... Laban.
He also meets his match made in heaven... Rachel!
He is in love. He is smitten. He is excited about the future. He is walking on cloud nine. And then it all comes crashing down.
It is a major lesson in big disappointment.
And a major step in his growth in the Lord.
This Sunday, we will examine seven practical principles for life in Genesis 29 based on Jacob's experience in Haran.
May God open our eyes to the realities of this world--not so that we will live in disappointment--but so that we will put our hopes in the only One who can truly satisfy!