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Hey, friends, welcome back.

We're in a section of Genesis chapter 32 that is really, really powerful.

Not that any of the Bible is not powerful.

We know it is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-ed sword.

But today, this passage is just extra special to me.

And it's one that you're familiar with, but I think it's wise that we just dive in, take it

verse by verse. So Genesis 32 and verse 24, where Jacob now has sent all of these gifts to Esau one by one,

expecting and hoping and praying that Esau will accept them and that Esau's anger will have been

assuaged and that he can restore a relationship and go back home and bygones can be bygones.

And so Jacob is just spending this alone time.

He's put his family in a safe place.

So Jacob is all by himself.

And I'll tell you what, there is a noisiness to aloneness.

Isn't there? Yeah, you get alone to be alone, to be restful,

to be quiet. But boy, all of a sudden you hear a cacophony of voices, don't you? You can hear God like you've never heard it before. Even going out into the woods and taking a walk,

you'll just be still. You hear all the things that you normally don't hear, like the crickets and like

the birds and like the wind and all of it. And so here is Jacob all alone. And it says in verse 24,

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