today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer. The security you're looking for in a job or in money.

That security is found in his promise. The fulfillment that you're searching for in all your

pursuits is found in the glory of his presence. So as St. Augustine said, our hearts will

always be restless until we find our rest in you.

Welcome to another week of trusted biblical teaching here on Summit Life with pastor,

author, and apologist J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. Our culture often tells us true

happiness comes when we find our soulmate. We see it in movies, TV, and on social media. But when

marriage feels rocky, or maybe it isn't as great as we thought it would be, we turn to other things,

careers, kids, or hobbies, only to find they don't truly satisfy either.

Today, Pastor Jady points us to the only source of lasting joy as we continue our teaching series titled The Whole Story.

Don't forget if you missed earlier messages, you can catch up any time by visiting jd greer.com.

And now here's Pastor Jadie teaching from the book of Genesis.

Genesis 29-1, if you got your Bible open there,

Jacob finally has gotten to Huron where his uncle Laban lives.

So he comes up to the village where his extended family lives,

and he slumps down on this big old rock covering the well there.

There she comes walking up, Rachel, the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. They meet and they get

to talking and it turns out that not only is Rachel really pretty, but their first cousins.

This is the Old Testament, baby. And in the Old Testament, being cousins with somebody was actually a turn on. So Jacob says to

Laban, I want to marry my first cousin, Rachel. And Laban says, well, you know, I mean, we're related

and everything, but you still got to pay some kind of broad price. So Jacob volunteers, I'll work for seven

years to get her. Verse 18. Laban knows a sucker when he sees one, so he agrees, and Jacob works for seven years.

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