Gen. 27-28; Ps.4; Luke 11

Here in Gen. 27 is the story of Jacob stealing his blessing from his brother. Often the message taught from this portion of scripture is about Jacob’s conniving ways. No doubt Jacob would learn the hard way about that one, when he would suffer under Laban his future father-in-law who would even be more conniving than himself. But there is a positive side to Jacob that pleased God and that is he wanted the blessing of God on his life more than his brother did. When his brother was willing to give up his birthright for a bowl of soup, Jacob was more than willing to make the trade. And even though Esau was flippant, maybe not thinking he was making a real deal, Jacob was dead serious. He wanted God’s Blessing. Over the years, especially as a young believer, I always took advantage of having other respected men and women of God pray over me. As a young believer, whenever my church would have a respected guest speaker, evangelist or pastor, I asked them if they would pray a prayer of blessing over me. I never take those moments for granted because I don’t think God does. Receiving God’s blessing and grace is serious business, and as Isaac prayed the prayer of Blessing over Jacob, even though Jacob used trickery to get himself in the position to receive the blessing, God still honored it; maybe it was because Isaac truly valued it.

Pastor Rick

Next Reading: Gen. 29-30; Luke12