Let Go

by | Mar 23, 2026 | VITAL Life Devotions

In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well. — Genesis 32:7 Whenever I begin to feel completely overwhelmed by all the things that I have to do, I stop, take a walk, and thank God...

Kindness Is Effective

by | Mar 20, 2026 | VITAL Life Devotions

“then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’” — Genesis 32:18 Jacob anticipated a devastating attack from his brother Esau, who had been seeking revenge since the day Jacob deceitfully...

The True Owner

by | Mar 19, 2026 | VITAL Life Devotions

He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau: two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female...

Struggle

by | Mar 18, 2026 | VITAL Life Devotions

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” — Genesis 32:28 I used to wonder why runners chose to keep going when they endured so much pain, but then I remembered what was...