Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Jacob responded to the good news: Joseph was alive and he was going to see him, and His God, the God of Isaac, was faithful to His Covenant Word by keeping alive the Seed of Promise. As he was about to leave the Land he paused to give thanks to God and worship Him and to pray for His continued protection as the Seed was entering foreign territory. Jacob was trusting himself, his family and household, and everything he owned to God’s faithful care.
We also do the same when embarking on a new chapter in our life. We thank the Lord for His faithful blessing and promise in our past and present, and we ask His continued blessing and protection for our future. And as a matter of fact, we do this every new day: we ”present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship [Romans 12:1].” We sacrifice our time to be with the Lord Jesus; we sacrifice our energies in worship, thanks, and prayer; and we sacrifice our selves and our own wants to be in service to others for their good.
Sacrifice and worship is our fitting, right and proper response to the personal faithfulness of the Lord to us in the sacrifice of the Son, and to His faithful promises for our eternal future life, both near term and long term, in Christ Jesus.
God responded to Jacob by reaffirming His Covenant and reassuring him that He would go down with him to Egypt and bring him up again to the Land. So do we journey with Jesus through this earthly life in the world until He comes to bring us to Himself in the eternal Kingdom. Praise the Lord!