When I was a child there was a song we sang in Sunday school
that I will never forget called, “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.” The tune and lyrics actually are an
African-American spiritual which appeared sometime before 1825. The subject deals with growing closer to God
with each step we take on our journey to heaven.
The story in Genesis 28:10-22 tells about Jacob leaving Beersheba and heading for Harran. “When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. . . . He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. . . . I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
What an incredible vision and covenant from God! He will never leave any of His children and He will always keep His promise. Therefore, we can go through life confident, knowing He is with us. The song describes us as “Soldiers of the cross,” marching toward the heavenly kingdom.
The first verse gives us hope for today and every day, “Every rung goes higher, higher.” As we climb, we get closer to our Lord and Savior. Each step of faith we take, no matter how small, takes us up the ladder.
The story in Genesis 28:10-22 tells about Jacob leaving Beersheba and heading for Harran. “When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. . . . He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. . . . I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
What an incredible vision and covenant from God! He will never leave any of His children and He will always keep His promise. Therefore, we can go through life confident, knowing He is with us. The song describes us as “Soldiers of the cross,” marching toward the heavenly kingdom.
The first verse gives us hope for today and every day, “Every rung goes higher, higher.” As we climb, we get closer to our Lord and Savior. Each step of faith we take, no matter how small, takes us up the ladder.
And there at the top stands the Lord Almighty, watching
and encouraging us.
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change in your own life.
change in your own life.
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can find peace with God.
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