Coming up on the Potter's touch.

Jacob has discovered God up until then he's just heard about it from his daddy and from his grandfather,

but he has not had a personal experience with God. You can't know God through

your mama. You gotta know God for yourself. You can't know God through your daddy. You gotta know

God for yourself. You got to know God for yourself you can't know God through your church

you got to know God for yourself In law there is a term called discovery and the definition is this is a formal process of exchanging information between the

parties about the witness and evidence that is submitted that they'll

present at trial. Discovery means not only you have to collect the information

but share the information. Discovery enables the parties to know before the

trial begins what evidence may be presented.

One of the most common methods of discovery is to take depositions.

And so what we are seeing here is Jacob is in a state of discovery. He doesn't know who he is.

He doesn't know who God is. He doesn't know what's going on in his life. He doesn't know where

he is. He is living on the run you be shocked at the people in this room that are living on the run

working yourself to death because you're living on the run going through all kinds of changes because you're living on the run.

You don't want to take off. You don't want a vacation. You don't want a peace.

You don't want to have a good time because you're addicted to running. You've been running all your life. People think you're running toward a goal, but it's not what you're running to. It's what you're running from.

Esau is chasing you.

Your pass is chasing you.

Your God is chasing you.

Your past deeds are chasing you.

And you're exhausted from the run. If I wanted to break this message down into

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