“And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.”
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. The stone that was a pillow becomes an altar — transformed from the instrument of sleep to the instrument of worship. The pouring of oil is the act of consecration: this stone is set apart as the marker of what happened here. 1 Samuel 7:12 records Samuel setting up a stone at Ebenezer — the same commemorative impulse. The application: the ordinary things that were present during an encounter with God — a stone, a place, a moment — are worth marking. Set up your stone. Pour your oil.
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