True Wealth

 After serving Laban faithfully for 14 years and Jacob worked for him for another six years to build his personal wealth, Jacob became very prosperous.

(Genesis 30:43) In addition to his material wealth, Jacob also obtained true Godly wealth: he managed to clean up all his children to follow the straight path of Abraham and Isaac and did not produce a single evil son.

Jacob was able to do this because he combined the inspiring approach of Abraham's goodness and Isaac's self-discipline approach, even Jacob built a relationship with God with simple sincerity.

He overcame the differences between the opposing approaches of his ancestors and Jacob was able to build good relationships with each of his children who had different personalities.

It was because of his simple sincerity that Jacob was able to outwit the cunning and cunning Laban, Jacob's example teaches that although logic and reason have their place, the foundation of our relationship with God is simplicity and sincerity.

This sincerity then allows us to relate effectively to others no matter how different they are from us.

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