welcome to the living word of God in genesis chapter 49
in verse 29 it reads then he charged them and said to them I am to be gathered to my people bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite
Israel called his sons and blessed them Israel called his sons and reminded them of the promise of God of Canaan the promised land Israel reminded his children how they should be faithful to God and it was time for him to rest oh I tell you he said when I die bury me in the promised land where my fathers and my great father grandfather had been buried there his focus in life was only the promised land he never lost focus of that promised land even though he was in the land of Egypt he wanted to be in the promised land and therefore he said I am to be gathered to my people in the promised land oh I tell you if you read that when he had finished this in verse 33 he lifted his face of feet and he breath his last what a peaceful way to go to sleep knowing that he will make it to the promised land and because he never lost focus of the promised land he was able to say my 130 years of life has been just full a few evil days
brothers and sisters our life here would be a blessed experience life just with a few evil if we only focus our mind to the promised land if we only know that God is with us and if we only allow God to be with us and just as Israel was may our desire be always to be in the promised land may our desire be always and may our prayer be always that we make it to the promised land may that be our prayers and desire to be in the promised land for eternity with God Amen