Where Are You? The Life of Jacob: Genesis 28,32,34 &35

Genesis 3:8-11 “Where are you?”
1 Kings 19:1-9 What are You doing here, Elijah?
Deuteronomy 1:6-8 You Have Been In this Place Long Enough!

Where Are You? Self Examination: Where Am I/Are We?
What Are You doing Here? Self Realization: I am/We Are Not where I am/we are supposed to be. I am not where God would have me!
You have stayed at this place long enough! Self Determination: I/We to Need to get out of here to the place God wants me to Be!

I. Where We Are Always Supposed to Be! Genesis 28:10-18

Bethel! The House of God! Psalm 23:6 Surely Goodness and Lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord Forever!

1. A Place Where We First Meet God!
2. A Place of God’s Face, His Presence!
3. A Place of God’s Promises to You! Vss. 13-15
4. A Place of Your Promises to God! Vss. 20-22
5. A Place of Consecration and Worship!
6. The Life You Carry With You!

John 14:16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of Truth!

1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you ae a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

God’s Continual Presence in A Believer’s Life! Genesis 32:1-2; 24-32

Faith Statement: “I Well Dwell in the House of the Lord forever!”

According to Psalm 27:1-7 – Ask and Always Seek For It! And Psalm 16:8-11 I set the Lord continually before me!

II. Where You Do Not Want to Be: Shechem!

A Life Away from Bethel and Peniel! Genesis 34

• Shechem – A Place of Defilement. Dinah
• Shechem – A Place of anger and revenge. Levi/Simeon
• Shechem – A Place of deceit.
• Shechem – A Place away from the presence of God
• Shechem – A Place of Unfulfilled Promises of Trouble, Burden, Threat and Loss of Reputation, Integrity….

What is your Shechem? Bethel, 20 miles away!

What Are You doing Here? Self Realization: I am/We Are Not where I am/we are supposed to be. I am not where God would have me!
You have stayed at this place long enough! Self Determination: I/We to Need to get out of here to the place God wants me to Be!

II. How We Return to Where We Are Supposed to Be!
Genesis 35:1-14

Obey The Voice of The Lord!
Put Away Your Idols! *

Psalms 115:4-9 What Idols Are! Who else is like our God?

Purify Yourselves! 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Change Your Garments! Romans 13:8-14

Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

Notice something here please! Where do they Obey the voice of the Lord? Where do

Establish God as Lord! Vs 3
“I will build an altar to the Lord!” God the God of Bethel!