FAITH CAPSULE: A place is the place of divine encounter.

Genesis 28

Jacob stole the blessings of Esau and needed to escape from the wrath of his brother by running away for his life. 
The running away of Jacob was unplanned for him but repositioned him for a glorious ending. 
Rebekah, the mother of Jacob, directed him to flee to her brother Laban in Haran, stating, “Now, therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran. And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away.” (Genesis 27:43-44) 
Jacob obeyed his mother to enter a journey to escape from the wrath of his brother.
It was a journey that placed Jacob in his center of divine assignment. 
It was a journey of escape that positioned Jacob at a place as recorded in Genesis 28:10-12, “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven, and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.” (Genesis 28:10-12) 
A place is the place of divine encounter, of the visitation of God for assurance.
To arrive at a place in life journey is possible to arrive at the encounter for divine assignment in life journey. 
Jacob arrived at a place of divine assignment.
Jacob sent his son, Joseph, on an errand.
An errand of hours lasted for over thirteen years for Joseph.
Jacob (Israel) called on his beloved son Joseph, “And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.” Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.” (Genesis 37:13-14) 
Joseph went on an errand at the age of seventeen.
A very long and unplanned journey can be very challenging. 
Are you on any unplanned journey? 
An engaging errand can be exceedingly painful, but it often comes to a gainful end. 
With Joseph, an unplanned journey took him to the center of his divine assignment in life. 
Joseph came to his father when he was in a position of power. 
Joseph experienced a change of story that delivered his whole family from the famine of his time, and they could not suffer.
Meditate on the story of Joseph in every journey of life.

Prayer for today: Ask to be filled with wisdom and knowledge in the word of God.