I love the story of Jacob's dream of the ladder stretching to heaven. Here he was so discouraged and thinking he had forever distanced himself from God by deceiving his father for the birthright, and God gives him this dream.
When Jacob wakes up, he says simply: "Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not." (Gen. 28:16.). And the rock that was his pillow (that he was grumbling about the night before), became the symbol of his experience at the "gate of heaven." What had been hard and painful and difficult became his memorial to God's greatness and to God's presence. Yes even in those dark discouraging times when we feel forsaken and all alone, God is there.
I love the song that goes with this verse--one of my favorites:
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
I can feel God's mighty power and God's grace.
I can hear the brush of angel's wings,
I see glory on each face.
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
In the midst of His children
The Lord said He would be.
It doesn't take very many
It can be just two or three.
And I feel that same sweet spirit
That I felt oft times before.
Surely I can say
I've been with My Lord
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
I can feel God's mighty power and God's grace.
I can hear the brush of angel's wings,
I see glory on each face.
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
There's a holy hush around us,
As God's glory fills this place.
I've touched the hem of God's garment,
I can almost see God's face.
And my heart is over flowing
With the fullness of God's joy.
And I know, without a doubt,
That I've been with the Lord.
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
I can feel God's mighty power and God's grace.
I can hear the brush of angel's wings,
I see glory on each face.
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place
Tomorrow's Reading: Gen. 30-31 and Matt. 11
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