Genesis 28: 6-9: “When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”
Even though Esau was the elder son, he was the one who seemed to be left out at all the important times. He just wanted to be put first rather than having the left overs after Jacob got what he wanted. This is not quite true because Esau was Isaac’s favourite while Jacob was his mother’s favourite. However, as soon as Esau saw that Jacob was sent away to find a wife in his mother’s homeland he went and found foreign wives as well. Esau is a good example of a person getting what they chose. He wanted to have instant gratification and wasn’t willing to make sacrifices for long term good. Jacob, on the other hand, knew that the eternal things were best and he schemed and planned to make sure that he had the eternal blessings. This might no be the best way to seek God’s blessing but it is certainly better than sacrificing God’s blessings for a good plate of food. People who live in the post Lord Jesus Christ era can get access to all God’s eternal blessings without doing anything other than believing on the Lord Jesus Christ (see Acts 16: 30, 31 “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”) It is much better to be in the position we are in where we can be confident that the Lord Jesus Christ has finished the work and there is nothing left for us to do (see John 19: 30 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”)
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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