{"id":24258,"date":"2026-03-11T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/how-to-pray-like-jacob\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:54","slug":"how-to-pray-like-jacob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-pray-like-jacob\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pray Like Jacob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I take comfort in the story of Jacob, that deeply flawed son of Isaac. A cagey liar, an ambitious schemer, yes. And yet, God worked through him, as God can work through us all. A few lessons I&#8217;ve taken from Jacob&#8217;s story:<\/p>\n<p><strong>God appears in places where you don\u2019t expect Him.<\/strong> <br \/>\nJacob was on the run after robbing his twin brother Esau of his birthright. He had left the safety of his father\u2019s domain and set out to find a wife. The sun had set, and he took a rock as a pillow. <\/p>\n<p>Then he has a magnificent dream. He sees a <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/a-stained-glass-window-deepened-his-connection-with-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ladder with angels ascending and descending<\/a> on it, a highway to and from heaven. God appears right there, standing next to him, exclaiming, \u201cKnow that I am with you and will keep you where you go\u2026\u201d He\u2019s given another chance. Like us all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make your promises back to God.<\/strong> <br \/>\nJacob is pretty shaken up after that dream. \u201cSurely the Lord is in this place,\u201d he says, \u201cand I did not know it.\u201d He is afraid, but he doesn\u2019t run away.<\/p>\n<p>If God will stick by his side and provide for him on the journey and bring him back safely to his father\u2019s house, he will give back to God a tenth of all his belongings, and he\u2019ll make that stone a pillar for God\u2019s house. He matches <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/gods-promises-during-times-of-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God\u2019s promise<\/a> with a promise of his own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHere I am,\u201d can be our best prayer.<\/strong> <br \/>\nJacob falls <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/women-in-the-bible\/rachel-wife-of-jacob-sister-of-leah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in love with Rachel<\/a>, but her father Laban makes him work for a long time\u2014ultimately 20 years\u2014before he\u2019ll let him go. In the meanwhile, he has many children, and his family grows.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, God tells him to go back to the land of his ancestors. And he has another dream. It\u2019s not nearly as vivid as that ladder of angels, but Jacob\u2019s response to this angel is the perfect answer. \u201cJacob,\u201d he\u2019s asked. \u201cHere I am,\u201d he replies.<\/p>\n<p>We often talk about the importance of showing up. To your friends, your family, your work colleagues, your church. That\u2019s what it means to say\u2014and pray\u2014\u201cHere I am.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Be honest with God in your prayers.<\/strong> <br \/>\nAs he sets out, Jacob is worried. \u201cSave me from my brother Esau!\u201d he prays \u201cI\u2019m afraid he will come and kill me, the mothers and their children\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And then, because he\u2019s Jacob, he schemes some more, splitting up his flock, encouraging his servants to lie. (Will he ever learn?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faith can be a wrestling match.<\/strong> <br \/>\nOn the way, Jacob has to wrestle with God\u2014quite literally. In the end the victory goes to Jacob. For his loyalty, his faith, his persistence. He doesn\u2019t let God go and asks for God\u2019s blessing because of it.<\/p>\n<p>To live in faith can be a struggle. To doubt is very natural to all of us. To entreat in prayer and wait for answers. But be like Jacob. Don\u2019t give up. <\/p>\n<p>Though wounded, Jacob is triumphant. All is forgiven. God\u2019s promises are fulfilled. But the pleasure I find in the biblical story is to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/an-answered-prayer-at-a-mothers-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God\u2019s answers to prayer<\/a> don\u2019t always come in ways that are expected. <\/p>\n<p>Then and now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I take comfort in the story of Jacob, that deeply flawed son of Isaac. A cagey liar, an ambitious schemer, yes. And yet, God worked through him, as God can work through us all. 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