MARK
Today's reading: Genesis 34-36

"Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. He then poured win over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil." Genesis 35:14 NLT

Mark-to designate; to indicate a location; to decide and show the value or quality of.

Jacob realized what an amazing privilege it was to have the God of the universe speak to him--so he chose to make a monument.

Not a monument to worship, or even to worship at. But a marker chosen to remind him, when he passed that way, of the enormity of the blessing.

A pillar of stone that when he saw it immediately took him back to that time and that place. I imagine the emotions welled up inside him. I can also guess he remembered exactly what he was wearing, the smell in the air, the time of day and the words spoken.

Do we do the same when God speaks to us?

Do we mark the spot? The place? The words in the Bible? Do we celebrate it for the great thing it is? Do we recall with fondness what He said to our hearts? Do we remember the weight taken off our shoulders? Do we begin to sing the song that was playing? Do we remember the fork in the road where we were standing when He directed us?

And do those memories drive us to want to hear more?