“Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.” ~Matthew 18:20 GW One story of Jacob in the Bible reminds me how important this verse is and how much believers take it for granted. The event occurs in Genesis 28. Isaac, son of Abraham and father of Jacob and Esau, has grown old and blind. Both his sons have become men. The eldest, Esau, marries two Canaanite women. The Bible tells us, “These women brought Isaac and Rebekah a lot of grief” (26:35). Experiencing this, Isaac sends Jacob, whom deceitfully acquired his father’s blessing from Esau, away to find a wife related to Jacob’s…
