28th.: Esau Missed It
The patriarch Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob.
After one long, hard day in the field, Esau came home famished.
Seeing Jacob with a pot of food, Esau asked for some.
Jacob gave him the food - but for a price.
The first born, Esau had to give up his birthright.
Birthright is not important in America, but back then it was.
The Bible tells us, “Thus Esau despised his birthright.” (see Gen. 25:29-34).
Centuries later, the writer of Hebrews admonished us, “Follow peace with all.
Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest there be any profane person,
as Esau, who for one morsel of meat, sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward,
when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected. For he found no place of repentance,
though he sought for it carefully with tears.” (Heb. 12:14-17).
Esau did not realize the value of the physically abstract, but spiritually real, ‘birthright’.
All he knew was that he was hungry.
Years later, after hearing that he lost Isaac’s primary blessing, “Esau lifted up his voice and wept.”
Begging, and even crying, he sought for a blessing (Gen. 27:38). Unfortunately, it was now too late to receive the primary blessing.
We need to ask God to help us discern and appreciate the spiritual truths that He presents throughout the Bible, before it is too late.
“… that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Col. 1:9b)