Anyway, I was meditating on God's word, thinking about how Jacob after blessing Joseph's children leaned on his staff and worshiped. This was an oldman, probably in a condition more like the one President Mandela is in right now where standing up was a great chore- but he went to the trouble of rising up and supporting his body with his walking staff and worship God. I asked myself why? The text in Genesis 47 says he did this after Joseph promised to bury him in the promised land. In that moment he believed Joseph's words, I believe that was because he saw Joseph's faithfulness and God's faithfulness as well: that he will be buried in the promised land, that his grandchildren would one day go back and occupy the land, but most importantly- that Jesus would one day come- because he is the seed which was promised to Abraham Isaac and Jacob- even Moses knew about it. I believe that when Joseph said "Yes Dad", all these images ran before Jacob's eyes.
Afterall, Joseph's response symbolized Jesus' response. Joseph's faithfulness to his father symbolized Jesus faithfulness to his ABBA. So Jacob saw Jesus die on the cross of Calvary at that moment. You might be asking: is this possible? Jesus told the Jews before he was even crucified that Abraham saw my day and he rejoiced. Let me come up with a revelation: Jacob saw Jesus' day and he worshipped. Although it was difficult for him to even stand up, he stood upon his staff and worshipped!
Then I asked myself: what might he have said during his worship? Immediately the words came to my mind, yet they were not words but a song- let's sing it together with Israel:- "Ro Zwi Vhona, Ro Vha Vhona, Uya Fhulufhedzeya Yeso". This is a Venda song that symbolizes God's faithfulness. It says: We saw it, we saw you- u r faithful Jesus. For the same way Joseph would be faithful in sending Jacob's body back to the Promised land for burial, Jesus was faithful in sending his body to Calvary for the crucifixion. What a God! (Psalm 18:28)
He is still faithful in our lives even today, no matter how hopeless a situation might seem, God is faithful enough to see us through. Let's look at our situations through the eyes of God. What He says we are entitled to we will get despite what the circumstances seem to be implying.
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