Daily Bread (The Greatness Of Godliness)

[shortlady]

The Greatness Of Godliness

Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. —Genesis 47:10

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In the eyes of most people, Jacob’s brother Esau was the greater man of the two. Through the years he had accumulated immense wealth and power. He was the ruler of the land of Edom and could have met Pharaoh on his own terms. Yet Esau, with all his earthly authority, could not have blessed Pharaoh. Only Jacob had that power (Genesis 47:10).

The spiritual is greater than the natural. God can endow a humble human being with awesome moral force. Holiness has within itself the power to master all other powers.

The Greek word for power or authority (exousia) contains the preposition ex, which means “out of” or “from.” This suggests that the ability to influence others flows from inside. It is rooted in what we are. “Do you wish to be great?” Augustine asked. “Then begin by being.” Greatness comes from holiness and nothing more.

I have a friend who makes his way through the halls of power in Washington, DC, meeting with the most prominent women and men in the world. He speaks a word or two, prays, and then walks on, but he leaves behind the lingering and compelling influence of Christ. He has the aura of greatness that surrounds all whose lives reflect the character of Jesus. It is the greatness of godliness. —David H. Roper

I want my heart His throne to be,
So that a watching world may see
His likeness shining forth in me;
I want to be like Jesus. —Chisholm

Even a little example can have a big influence for Christ.

 

[stephen]

I would have expected Pharoah to be blessing Jacob....... Natural observation would suggest that Pharoah had so much more to give than Jacob.........

And that is how the natural man see's things, for as the bible says "man looks upon the outward, but God looks upon the heart"

Jacob had nothing, a refugee from the surrounding famine lands. A man looking for help, ......looking for a lift himself. So what is this? Jacob blessing the mighty Pharoah.

You rightly say that Esua though a mighty man himself could not have done it. What a mind blowing thought......"The spiritual is greater than the natural" And so true Hallelujah.

Jacob had the blessing of God, and so do we........Why do we hesitate in prayer....why do folks hold back....why are we so limpid.

Begone unbelief my Savour is near,
And for my relief will surely appear.
In prayer let me wrestle and he will perform,
With Christ in the vessel I smile at the storm.


Thankyou for that revelation dear 'shortlady', I almost said 'thought', it is something we have always known but we often forget.

God Bless