There comes a time to move on in life's pursuits. There is a right way and a wrong way to move to the next place that God has for you.

2. Genesis 31:1–21
1 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons,
saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our
father’s, and from what belonged to our
father he has made all this wealth.” 2 Jacob
saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was
not friendly toward him as formerly. 3 Then
the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of
your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be
with you.” 4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah to his flock in the field,

3. and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude,
that it is not friendly toward me as formerly,
but the God of my father has been with me. 6
“You know that I have served your father with
all my strength. 7 “Yet your father has cheated
me and changed my wages ten times;
however, God did not allow him to hurt me. 8
“If he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your
wages,’ then all the flock brought forth
speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped
shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought
forth striped. 9 “Thus God has taken away your
father’s livestock and given them to me.

4. 10 “And it came about at the time when the
flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and
saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats
which were mating were striped, speckled,
and mottled. 11 “Then the angel of God said to
me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I
am.’ 12 “He said, ‘Lift up now your eyes and
see that all the male goats which are mating
are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have
seen all that Laban has been doing to you. 13 ‘I
am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a
pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now
arise, leave this land, and return to

5. the land of your birth.’ ” 14 Rachel and Leah
said to him, “Do we still have any portion or
inheritance in our father’s house? 15 “Are we
not reckoned by him as foreigners? For he has
sold us, and has also entirely consumed our
purchase price. 16 “Surely all the wealth which
God has taken away from our father belongs
to us and our children; now then, do whatever
God has said to you.” 17 Then Jacob arose and
put his children and his wives upon camels; 18
and he drove away all his livestock and all his
property which he had gathered, his acquired
livestock which he had gathered in

6. Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to
his father Isaac. 19 When Laban had gone to
shear his flock, then Rachel stole the
household idols that were her father’s. 20 And
Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not
telling him that he was fleeing. 21 So he fled
with all that he had; and he arose and crossed
the Euphrates River, and set his face toward
the hill country of Gilead.

8. Key verses
And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by
not telling him that he was fleeing. So he fled
with all that he had…

9. Time to move
At some point we all have to move on.
1. Jobs
2. Relationships
3. Ministries
4. Churches
There is a right way and a wrong way!

10. Is it time?
Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, "Jacob
has taken away all that was our father, and
from what belonged him, and has made all
this wealth.” Jacob saw the attitude of Laban,
it was not friendly toward him as formerly.

11. Observe the situation
Heard his brother-in-
laws’ grumbling
Observed his father-
in-law’s attitude
Is that enough?

12. Don’t let circumstances dictate
“Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide
yourself by the brook Cherith, … “It shall be that you
will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the
ravens to provide for you there.” So he went and did
according to the word of the LORD, … The ravens
brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread
and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the
brook. It happened after a while that the brook dried
up, because there was no rain in the land. Then the
word of the LORD came to him, saying, “Arise, go to
Zarephath, …behold, I have commanded a widow there
to provide for you.”
1 Kings 17:3–9

13. Heard from God
“Return to the land
of your fathers and
to your relatives, and
I will be with you.”

14. Heard from God
If you hear from
God, act like it!

15. Shared with family
“I see your father’s attitude, that it is not
friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of
my father has been with me. You know that I
have served your father with all my strength.
Yet your father has cheated me and changed
my wages ten times; however, God did not
allow him to hurt me.”

17. Share your dreams
“Then the angel of God said to me in the
dream, ‘Lift up now your eyes and see that all
the male goats which are mating are striped,
speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that
Laban has been doing to you. I am the God of
Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you
made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land,
and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

18. God is saying
1. Look at your
situation
2. I see what you have
been through
3. I have blessed you
4. Keep your promise

19. Walk like you believe God is with you
1 Peter 2:12 (NASB95)
12 Keep your behavior excellent among the
Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they
slander you as evildoers, they may because of
your good deeds, as they observe them,
glorify God in the day of visitation.

20. Gives the family a say
“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in
our father’s house? Are we not reckoned by
him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has
also entirely consumed our purchase price.
Surely all the wealth which God has taken
away from our father belongs to us and our
children; now then, do whatever God has said
to you.”

21. Kinda like taking the towels…
When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then
Rachel stole the household idols that were her
father’s.
WHY?

22. Follow through
Then Jacob arose and put his children and his
wives upon camels; and he drove away all his
livestock and all his property which he had
gathered…to go to the land of Canaan to his
father Isaac.

23. A good thing made bad
And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by
not telling him that he was fleeing. So he fled
with all that he had; and crossed the
Euphrates River, and set his face toward the
hill country of Gilead.

24. Before you go
Discuss with those closest-Proverbs 15:22
Resolve conflicts-Matthew 18:15-17
Make sure the work continues-Apostle Paul
Don’t hide it-Mark 4:22

25. Think about Jesus’ last days
Repeatedly warned
Continued teaching
Relationship work
Passionate prayer
Sent Comforter