Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 32:1 & 2a, where we read these words:
"So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God’s camp.' . . . "Jacob felt alone and vulnerable. Soon, he would be meeting-up with his (pre-viously very angry) brother Esau. But God's angels "met" him. Jacob en-countered these angels while he was simply walking with the Lord. When Jacob saw the angels, he deduced that this must be a special place—so he called it "God's camp."
As we Christian churchmen walk with Christ today—even perhaps while we may be feeling a bit “isolated”—let us remember that there are more with us than against us, (cf. 2 Ki. 6:16). When God opens our eyes to this fact, we en-joy ourselves in Jesus, as we "set up camp” in Him.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Is it not comfortable being in heaven? He that en-joys much of God in this life carries heaven about him.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]
