The Lord Be With You Today!
Genesis 25:34a
Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew.
He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
(Esau had come in from hunting and was hungry.
Jacob had a prepared supper ready and told Esau
he would give him the meal if Esau would give up his birthright
in exchange for the meal. Esau agreed. As simple as that.
By putting his physical needs and wants before anything else,
he was willing to give up his standing as the first-born inheritor
for no more than mere bread and a bowl of soup.
Then, after this ordinary meal, after eating,
he simply gets up and leaves,
walking away from his birthright without another thought.
We, too, so often do the same ourselves,
placing our physical needs, our physical appetites,
as our highest priority for what we do and what we want,
and then walk away from the high position the Lord has given us.
Then, like Esau, after filling those immediate needs,
we go on about our business,
completely unaware of and uncaring about
the great loss we have just incurred.
By skipping a time of devotions, by not reading the Word,
by ignoring someone in need, by not being intentional about worship,
by not seeking and standing in the Lord's plan for our lives,
we also just "get up and leave" and walk away.
As we do our own thing, fulfill our own wants, satisfy our own hungers,
build our lives through our own efforts and abilities,
how often do we walk away from our own great birthright
of the Lord's inheritance that is ours as His great gift.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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