What are we willing to sacrifice Jesus for? Not sacrifice for Jesus, but what of this world are you willing to sacrifice a relationship with Jesus in order to have?
Esau was willing to give up Jesus for a bowl of stew. Esau was the first born, he would receive God’s promise, the Promise Land, Abraham’s wealth, and the lineage of Jesus from his blood line. But those things, those spiritual things were not important to him. He wanted the things of the world. It wasn’t just that he was hungry, his heart was not right for the job.
So as God had told Rebekah before they were born, the older would serve the younger.
I’ll ask again, what are you willing to give up Jesus for? I hope the answer is “nothing of this world “.
Genesis 25:27-34 NLT
Esau Sells His Birthright
27As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home. 28Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry. 30Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
31“All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”
32“Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”
33But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
34Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
Blessings, Cecilia
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