Six Degrees of Rest

Enjoy this message from Pastor Tyler Schoenberger called "Six Degrees of Rest" on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at Reach Church in Bear, Delaware!

Life has a way of connecting events in unexpected ways, much like how every story is interconnected in ways we cannot see. Jacob's journey with his son Joseph demonstrates this beautifully - from Joseph's confusing dreams about his family bowing down to him, to Jacob's eventual realization that God had been orchestrating everything for good over twenty years.

When life falls apart, our natural response is to circle the wagons and try to regain control. Jacob experienced this when he believed Joseph was dead and refused to let Benjamin go to Egypt during the famine. Fear became the root of his need to control outcomes. However, our ability to control circumstances will eventually run out because we are not God. When human control ends, that's precisely when faith in God can begin.

Jacob's transformation came when his family ran out of food and he had no choice but to release Benjamin. In that moment of surrender, he moved from trying to control everything to trusting God with the outcome. This mirrors our own spiritual journey - God often allows us to reach the end of our resources so we learn to rely not on ourselves, but on Him who raises the dead. The beautiful truth is that everything is far more connected than we imagine, and what feels like random disappointments are actually part of God's bigger plan, woven together from the foundation of the world.