Through the lens of Young adult

Jacob does not get the dream after his repentance. He gets it in the middle of the running.

That ought to land somewhere in you. You are in a season where there are probably places you have been running from God — a sin you haven’t named, a calling you’ve been avoiding, a relationship you’ve been ghosting, a season you don’t want to face. The instinct in those places is to get yourself together first and then come back to God.

Genesis 28 says no.

The Father shows up in the middle of the running. To a man who hadn’t repented yet. To a man who was wearing the consequences of his own sin around his neck. The ladder came down anyway. God spoke. The promise was renewed. Bethel happened in the middle of the desert.

You don’t have to clean up first. The Father is already in the place you have been avoiding.

One small thing today: pick the place you have been running from. Stop running for ten minutes. Sit down. Tell the Father where you are. He has been waiting for you to notice that He is already there.