Camels were treasured because of their versatility in a land where other animals would not be able to serve. Jacob was trying to make a statement. . . Like Zacchaeus, restitution is the surest evidence of a truly changed heart. A person who does not want to make the past right, is not a true believer. It shows we recognize the wrong done to another.
Restitution is often the foundation on which the bridge of reconciliation is built.
Before we conclude. There are some final principles that I want to leave with you. Get Upset and sin against each other. Every one of us has offended someone else. We have all said things in anger, acted out of frustration, and spoken when we should have been quiet.