The Blessing Of Jacob

[0:00] Welcome. You're about to hear an inspirational message by David Entry. May your faith increase and your heart be stirred towards God as you listen to this life-transforming message.

[0:13] Press subscribe so you're the first to know when the messages are released. Blessed are your ears for the things they hear. And it came to pass.

[0:26] You are all welcome. I said you're all welcome. And it came to pass. When they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I should do for thee before I be taken away from thee.

[0:51] And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be opened. On me. Let's all read the next verse 10 together.

[1:10] Verse 9 says that before I go, I'm about to be taken.

[1:34] But before I go, Elijah said to him, ask what I shall do for thee. Before I'm taken away, Elijah said, I don't want money.

[1:52] I'm not looking for marriage. I'm not looking for fame. I'm not looking for shoes. I'm not looking for clothing.

[2:05] Cars. I'm not looking for that. But he said, there's one thing I want. There's one. And he said, I want.

[2:20] Because the way God is using you, it is not human nature. It's not natural. Anybody God uses has something of God upon them. Do not envy what they've got.

[2:34] As a result of God, you've seen them. Don't focus on it. They have a nice car. No. They have a nice. They have money.

[2:48] No. They have fame. No. They have large following on YouTube. No. Those things are fleeting. Flimsy. He says, I want the spirit that is upon you.

[3:03] Because what you are doing, there's a spirit on you. As you sit here, you must choose what you want. Some of you are here, you want the spirit.

[3:16] Others too are looking for friends. Wow. Others, they are bored at home. They say, we are going to come. Okay. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. And guess that if this is your friend.

[3:31] And it's time for prayer. They are still in the room. And then, we are having clothes. I'm tired. I'm going to. You are joking. We will pay Uber to take you back home.

[3:48] I ask for me, it's too much. What is too much? Lazy. Lazy boy. Lazy boy. Lazy girl. He said, I want a double portion of what is on you.

[4:00] Of that spirit. There's a spirit on you. I want it. I want it. Say, I want it. I want it. What do you want? The spirit. What do you want? The spirit.

[4:10] The spirit. So, you have to make up your mind. As we are here. You are here because. Maybe you didn't even know what you want. But suddenly, you realize.

[4:21] Ah. There's something I should be wanting. Yes. There's something I should. It's making others better than me. No. There's something I should be wanting. So, when Jesus was about to go. He said, don't move.

[4:32] Don't move. Don't move. Don't go and preach. Don't attempt to do anything in church. Don't do it. Wait. Till you are endued with power. From above. From on high.

[4:44] Because Acts 1. It says that. When the spirit of God comes upon you. You shall receive power. After the Holy Ghost has come upon you. What makes you unique.

[4:56] In the work of God. And in life. Is the spirit of God. The spirit. So, pastor. How do I get the spirit?

[5:07] That's why we are here. What do you want? The spirit. Why are you here? For the spirit. Another word. For the Bible.

[5:19] The Bible sometimes uses for the spirit. Is oil. That's why this camp. Is fresh oil camp. Oil. Someone said.

[5:29] Give me the oil. Give me the oil. In this world. The countries that have got oil. Have a lot of money. And their own is crude oil.

[5:42] It's buried in the earth. This one is oil from above. Oil in the earth. Is making people rich. Making Saudi Arabia rich.

[5:55] Even Libya was rich. And all those oil. Never comes. It's oil from underneath the earth. But it says that. Wait for the promise of the father.

[6:08] Look chapter 24. 49 again. It said. Behold. I send you the promise. You know. I told you. God is a God of promise. Send the promise. Of my father. I send the promise.

[6:20] Of my father. Upon you. Time in the city of Jerusalem. Until you are endued. From power. From where? This one is from on high. The oil.

[6:30] When it comes. Upon you. When the spirit. Comes upon you. As soon as it touches you. It turns into power. No scientific apparatus.

[6:41] Can see spirit. So if you can see spirit. How do you know the spirit is upon him? Because as soon as the spirit touches him. It turns into power.

[6:54] As soon as the spirit touches you. Comes upon you. It's power. Power. Satan fears you. As soon as it touches you.

[7:05] You are recognized. From above. So devils. Demons. Say. Jesus I know. Paul I know. Ah. How do they know you? Because the spirit has come upon you. Jesus could not do anything.

[7:20] He couldn't do anything. Until. He went into the wilderness. Say wilderness. Wilderness. I wish I could hear. Say wilderness. Wilderness. Wilderness.

[7:32] When did the spirit come upon Jesus? When he was being baptized. So in Luke chapter 3 verse 21. The heavens were open. And. Verse 22 talks about how.

[7:43] And the Holy Ghost descended upon him. In a. Bodily shape. Like a dove. So the spirit of God came upon him. But he couldn't do anything. Until he went into the wilderness.

[7:54] Wilderness is. A place where you are away from every normal thing. Wow. A place where. A place where. A place where. You are being. You know. Grilled. Something is. And when he went to the wilderness.

[8:05] I was at. The spirit that came upon him. Drived him. And being full of the Holy Spirit. Was led by the spirit. In Matthew says that. It drived him. Matthew 4.1. The spirit.

[8:15] And 4.2. It should be there. Matthew put Matthew 4.1. Let's see what it is. Jesus was led. And the wilderness. And the wilderness. The tempted man. One of the verses says that. And the spirit. Drived him.

[8:27] The spirit. Drove him. Here he said. He was moved by the spirit. He was led by the spirit. Where? Put you on the screen please. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost.

[8:40] Returned from the dead. And was led by the spirit. Into the wilderness. Wilderness. Ah. Why won't he lead you to shopping mall? Wilderness.

[8:54] Some of us. What you don't like is wilderness. Don't like. Wilderness. To be honest. It's not a pleasant place. But it's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's.

[9:04] It's. It's a developing place. A place of development. No one gets used by God without going to the wilderness. Wilderness is a place. A place where you.

[9:15] Are separated from normal life. Wilderness. What some of us don't like is wilderness. Some of you.

[9:28] You didn't know that. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. You know. Theme park. Amusement park. Campsites.

[9:39] When you go for campsites. And stuff like that. Um. Um. Um. Zip wire. And. A fan.

[9:50] Food. Listen. So you thought. This one is like. Think like. This one is wilderness. Wilderness. It's wilderness.

[10:03] Where have you come? The wilderness. What do you want? The spirit. Where have you come? The wilderness. Yeah.

[10:15] If you are not familiar with the wilderness. The spirit will not be familiar with flowing through you. Wilderness experience. Yes. Any soldier.

[10:26] Who hasn't been trained in the wilderness. Is not a good soldier. Yes. Yeah. They go into the wilderness. In the forest. Sometimes. Dark forest. No light. Yes. Jesus.

[10:37] Was driven by the spirit. Into the wilderness. He was driven by the spirit. Into the wilderness. The wilderness.

[10:50] You thought the spirit would drive him. Into the. Market. Or. Shopping center. Yeah. Or. Farm fair.

[11:02] You know. Where there's farm. Because now he's come. Yeah. Amen. I'm the man. You know. No. If the Holy Spirit comes.

[11:14] He's driving you into the wilderness. Because that's where. The spirit gets a better expression through you. In the wilderness. It will be hard.

[11:26] Temptations will come. Your character will be tested. When desire for the things of God. The house of God. It's you. That's what gives you an advantage.

[11:36] In the things of God. I didn't come for a party. I came to see God. So in the wilderness. When you study.

[11:47] John. Mark chapter one. There's a man called. John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness. Eating locust. And wild honey. That's what you get in the wilderness.

[11:59] The wilderness is rough. Yeah. Rugged. Rugged. Some of you don't like correction and rebuke. I'm telling you. You better run away from here.

[12:12] Yeah. You. You want me to pour into you. Without correcting you. You are joking. He said.

[12:23] A man wrestled with him at night. Genesis chapter 32. From verse 24. Jacob was left alone. And at night. A man wrestled with him.

[12:35] Was left alone. Say leave me alone. Leave me alone. Here. In this camp. Sometimes you have to let people leave you alone. I know you came with your friend. But you know what? Leave me alone. We are in the wilderness.

[12:49] So he says that. An angel wrestled with him. A man wrestled with him. And. When he realized he wasn't prevailing.

[13:00] He wasn't prevailing. That's interesting. He wasn't prevailing. Some of us. God is trying. But he can't prevail. He can't prevail against you.

[13:10] He can't prevail against you. You are too strong. Your feelings are too strong. You are too much full of yourself. When he saw that. He was not prevailing against you.

[13:23] Can you imagine? A whole God. Fighting with human beings. And he wasn't prevailing. There. A man wrestled with him. And when he realized. He wasn't prevailing.

[13:34] He said. I have to get this guy. So he touched. That would use a nice way. He touched the hollow. Of his thigh. But. If you don't take it.

[13:45] You won't understand what that means. So what. Message. Message. How did I message? Who is it? Jacob wrestled. And he deliberately threw Jacob's hip out of joint.

[14:00] So if this is his hip. He pulled it out of joint. That means what? You can't stand. Yeah. Tonight. Tonight. I feel like I'm that kind of man.

[14:14] Yes. I will see this. To pull somebody's hip out of joint. Sit down. Pull his hip out of joint.

[14:28] Your hip is the strongest joint in your body. Yeah. The strongest part of the human body. Where your strength is greatest.

[14:39] Is your hip. I don't know what is your big strength in your life. Sometimes God said. I don't need it. I have to weaken it.

[14:49] So that I can give you my strength. Because he said. My strength is made perfect in weakness. If you want to see God's strength. It is where you feel weak.

[15:05] Hallelujah. So the one who. Then asked. After he. He. Dislocated his hip.

[15:16] How does the. New international. Living. New living translation. It says that. He touched Jacob's hip. And. And. Wrenched. It out of its socket.

[15:27] Can you imagine. Do you know that would be serious. It's not your shoulder. This one is your hip. Ow. Like the way some of you just say.

[15:40] Ow. Yeah. Ouch. What does the next guy say. New living. New Kinjaki. Okay. And he said. Let me go.

[15:51] This is not the one who has. Dislocated the hip. He said. I want you to go. Because day is breaking. We are running out of time now. The camp is about to end.

[16:04] I gotta go. And he said. No. I won't let you go. God. I came here for something. Yeah. No. No. No. This camp has not end. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

[16:14] No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. The point I'm making is that. It doesn't matter. The way pastor rebuked me. I wasn't happy at all. He has dislocated my hip.

[16:26] He said. Let me go. Because the day is breaking. Jacob said. No way. You've dislocated my hip. I don't care. See. The one who carried your blessing.

[16:37] Can hurt you. But you don't have to focus on the hurt. Might rebuke you. You don't have to focus on. I didn't like the way. They rebuke me. get out he said and he said I will not let you go except you bless he didn't say except you heal me except you apologize no I don't need the apology you are carrying something you are carrying something he said he said don't give me apology give me blessing blessing can sort out my life blessing can change my story it's clear it's there it's there I don't need it can you imagine Jesus said blessed is he who is not friended in me Matthew chapter 11 John the Baptist was in prison he sent disciples to go and ask Jesus are you the one to come or we should expect that but were you not the one who baptized and said that he who sent me

[17:38] John chapter 1 from verse 33 chapter 3 sorry from verse 31 32 he said he who sent me to baptize with water the same said to me upon whom you see the spirit descend like a dove he is the one who baptized with the spirit therefore I testify and bear witness that this is he he said I knew him not but the one who sent me to baptize with water the same said to me God told me upon the one you see the spirit descending and remaining on him the same is there is there the same is he who baptized the spirit look at the next verse and I saw and I bear record that this he said it he said it he said I saw but now when he was in prison and things were not good Matthew chapter 11 he sent his disciples to go and ask he said and said said unto him no go let's start from verse 1 and it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of commanding his 12 disciples he departed then to teach and to preach in their cities go on now when John when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples what did he hear the works he sent two of his disciples look at the question and said unto him

[19:06] I doubt the one to come but you said he who sent you to tell this the one be careful when things are bad when you are not in a good mood you will make some stupid mistakes when you are getting offended you will be blinded things that are obvious you won't see it anymore and look at the next verse Jesus answered and said go and show John again those things which you do hear and see what do they hear watch this what do they hear the blind receive their sight the lame walk the lepers are cleansed look at the next thing Jesus said that's a serious one that's why I brought you here wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow you see that yes why do you jump verse 5 wow if you skip verse 5 if you don't focus on the move of the spirit you will end up on the verse 6 wow because you are in prison you are not in a good state because you feel very down because you fail at exam because things are not working and so you forget the fact that the blind see wow the deaf are hearing the lame are walking dead is raised back to death and suddenly you are offended in us you cut off yourself from blessings wow yeah blessed is he who is not offended flip it over the other side so if you are offended you can be blessed your blessing is gone wow wow wow you cannot be blessed in offense wow wow wow you can't be blessed in offense wow so he said bless me bless me before you go he said do you know why he asked for blessing you have hurt me you have dislocated my hip but I am not offended wow wow very much it's a blessing

[21:10] I'm not offended I'm not offended so keep me here blessing bless me before you go bless me bless me can I tell you something blessings are never attracted by people who are not determined wow Jacob he was the first time he set his eyes on his blessing because the firstborn is the one who is supposed to carry the blessing so when he didn't come first he held the heel of his brother he wanted to pull his brother in Genesis chapter 26 he wanted to pull his brother in so that he can come out first so that he will carry the blessing of Abraham Jacob even when he okay and after after that came his brother out and his hand took hold of Esau's heel and his name was called Jacob and Isaac that's the father was Threescore

[22:11] Threescore is 60 years old when she was yeah Isaac was 60 years old he held the heel he wanted to be the firstborn can you imagine a child who when he was coming out of the mother's womb he's holding somebody's heel yeah yeah from the mother's womb holding no wonder he was the one who carried the blessing you have come to camp and instead of holding on to God's word you are holding on to a boy the Bible says all scripture all scripture is theonopsis is given by the breath of God and it is scripture cannot profit you unless it is used to teach doctrine to reprove almost like to rebuke that's why I'm pointing us to the scripture because so you can profit

[23:17] Jacob's greatest desire in life was the blessing yeah one thing that almost distracted his blessing was his desire for a woman right yeah he always wanted a blessing but when he came to a woman yeah Satan knows what he can use to get you so he said Jacob has set his eye on blessings right from the womb he was the one who was supposed to get the blessing he held the heels yeah and then one day he had food his brother said I'm hungry he came from the field chapter 27 he said give me some of the food he said wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait before I give you the food you have to give me your birth right hey how did he know even when he was not aware of himself he knew that I'm going to get this birth right is it verse 32 31 of Genesis 26 or 27 25 rather yeah 25 said sell me your birthright sell me before I give you the food sell it to me in other words let's come into a negotiation and tell me you can't have it so some of you feel oh I just said it but you've betrayed your future

[25:08] I didn't mean it I didn't mean it I just said it's a new selling how is the selling? the selling didn't come with transaction he just said okay what is it to me? I can't be bothered I need money I need some new trainers I need to buy some Balenciaga I have never been to the Shard so if you take me to the Shard no problem he said look I'm about to die what so what is this birthright to me? what is it to me?

[25:45] what is it to me? they trivialize the blessings of their future trivialize this is not important the baby struggled in her womb we are here something else is fighting struggling so there are twins inside you so Jacob had an encounter but the man said the man hurt him and he said I don't care bless me before this camp ends pastor you can do wait pastor say anything you want me whatever is on you God has outcollected up to now the world has not recovered from the blessing of Jacob I think I need to show you this and then he said what is your name and he said Jacob and the angel said the man said thy name shall no more be Jacob by what?

[26:54] Israel up to now Israel is the center of global news up to now the wealthiest people are from Israel most of the world's inventions aeroplane light bulb comes from Israel they live in the desert but they have the best agricultural products it doesn't make sense how can you live in the desert and yet have the best agricultural products Israel it's a blessing but it didn't come on a silver platter it came after dislocated him he said bless him he had to trick his father for his father to bless him it was risky because he knew the blessing was on his father so when he went to his father to go and get the blessing his father said I I can I can feel the skin of Israel but the voice is the hands of the Israel but

[27:57] I recall because he said his hands were hairy like the brothers yeah no he said his father said the voice yeah this the voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the father said it's Isaac so Jacob went to Isaac his father and his father felt him felt him he was feeling because he was blind could he see I said no I feel it it's like my son Esau but when you speak your voice tells me you are somebody else he said bless me anyway bless me bless me he went because he wanted the blessing he went so later on years later people were testifying of the blessing Laban said in Genesis chapter 30 verse 29 30 and 31 he said God has blessed me for your sake he said because my flock was little

[29:03] Laban said Laban said please stay if you have found favor if I have found favor for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake now that's Jacob for you he fought for the blessing now people can testify that since you came into my life things have changed I see you catching a blessing God bless you for listening to this message to hear more from David Entry follow him on Twitter Facebook Instagram and YouTube and visit www.karis.org for videos and upcoming events remember be a doer of the word and not just a hearer