What if staying feels safer, but God is the One telling you to move?

Jacob stayed in Laban’s house for years. Family, wages, pressure, pain. But the season was over, and God said, “Return, and I will be with you.”

If familiar pain feels safer than unfamiliar obedience, Genesis 31 is for you.

In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn walks through Genesis 31:1 to 21 and shows how God leads Jacob out of Laban’s control and back toward covenant promise.

This is about transition, fear, delayed obedience, household gods, and the courage to leave what God says cannot come with you.

Question for your heart:

Where might God be calling you to move forward, even though staying feels easier?

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