Religion & Spirituality
The key for us to see today is that the same determination of God (the determination to preserve and transform a people for Himself regardless of their failures) is for the world today. Just as Jacob's hope of gaining and remaining in God's favor was not owing to his own goodness, neither is ours. If we are to gain or remain in God's favor, it will be because (and only because) God saw fit to unite us with Jesus and His saving work; to grant us faith in Him and the righteousness that comes from it.