Pastor Adrian Rogers said,

God never uses anything or anybody until they are first broken.

Jacob is crippled that he might be crowned.

He is broken, that he might be blessed.

And so now he goes from a name of shame to the Hall of Fame.

The rest of his life, he has to walk with the staff,

learning to lean, learning to trust in Jesus.

Welcome to Love Worth Finding,

featuring the dynamic messages and insightful lessons of pastor, teacher, and author, Adrian Rogers.

You know, many of us in today's culture think self-sufficiency is a virtue, but when you look at it, truthfully, it's a vice,

one that God will work out of us until we learn to depend on Him.

Jacob's story in Genesis 32 shows that God loves us too much to leave us self-sufficient.

In part one of today's message, we began studying three principles Jacob experienced when he

learned to lean on God. If you have your Bible, turn now to

Hebrews chapter 11. Look at verse 21, as Adrian Rogers shares part two of learning to lean.

Look at our scripture here, Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 21. By faith, Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph,

and worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff. Now, Jacob had deceived his father and gotten the birthright that God already wanted to give him,

but he couldn't trust God for what God had promised.

And he had tricked his brother Esau into giving him the birthright when it was already Jacobs.

And he didn't need to trick Esau, but he got Esau to trade what

Esau thought was the birthright for a bowl of potage, stew, or chili, whatever you want to call it.

But now Jacob has had to flee because Esau has blood in his eye.

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