Insurance. We all have it. We cannot live without it. We have life insurance, property insurance, health insurance, car insurance. Where I live you cannot drive a car unless you have insurance. We have insurance to protect ourselves against disasters or unforeseen incidents that could bankrupt us. We are so conditioned about having insurance that we treat the promises of God the same way. We read the promises of God and we claim them for ourselves but we take out insurance "just in case God doesn't come through for us".
For example, God has promised us that our salvation is secure in Christ Jesus but we want to make sure so we follow certain rules that we think will make us holy. Now don't get this wrong. Those rules may be very important but they are not insurance. Our salvation does not depend upon keeping those rules but rather we show that we have salvation by keeping those rules. There is a big, big difference. Are we totally trusting our God or are we trusting Him but with a "just in case" attitude?
Jacob trusted God but he saw nothing wrong with taking out a little insurance "just in case" Esau decided upon revenge.
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