…Jacob & Esau
Nobody knows how great an effect even the most
apparently insignificant deed or sentence might have... So many things
are being caused by seemingly unimportant & insignificant causes,
like Esau's birthright going to Jacob over a haphazard commitment to
trade it in for a stew...
So, be careful with your words, actions & your behavior…
Don't let the Devil tell you that you're not
good enough to deserve answers to your prayers! Just beat those
distractions the best you can & wring yourself through to Me in
prayer & don't let go until I've blessed you, like Jacob! And I
will bless you,
When I say, "Roll ye away the stone," or I give
you a burden or an idea to do something, then do what thy hand findeth
to do with thy might. Even if I'm having you wait for the fulfillment
and the mate of these promises like Jacob had to wait for Rachel...
what is that to thee? Ye have need of patience! The important thing is
to keep trusting in Me, no matter what, knowing that whatever happens
is good for you, and the closer you stay to Me and the more you love
Me, the better it will be for you - whatever happens.
The names of all the 12 tribes & sons of
Israel are written on heaven's gates, not just the name of Joseph...
Even if it seems unfair, like the crookedness of Laban, to cheat Jacob
into marrying Leah first, before Rachel... if it hadn't happened, there
would have only been 2 sons of Israel, not 12.
Zooming in on carnal things, and this has been
blurring your vision of the spiritual things. In your pursuit of your
desire, you have neglected your spiritual view and insight, your
vision. And thus it easily happens that you see things not quite as
they are, especially if you don't look carefully enough. Finding out
the truth takes time, and you have to be willing to spend time on it.
You can't just give it a quick glance & say, "Nah, that's not it,"
just because you don't like the looks of it.
When Esau came back hungry from the hunt, all
he saw & cared about was the food that Jacob had prepared, and
that's all he wanted at that moment. He couldn't care less about his
birthright at that moment & wouldn't waste a second thought on it.
But I want you to act thoughtfully.
Jacob the Deceiver may have been a deceiver,
but he still inherited his father's birthright. His father, Isaac,
might have preferred to give the birthright to the one who was truly
the firstborn, to Esau, but You must grant Me the right & majesty
to determine which weaknesses I consider more tolerable. And when
somebody deceives in order to gain advantage to their own end, it still
isn't as big a sin in My eyes as when someone puts the affairs of this
life before Me.
Esau was the (spiritual) patriarch of millions,
nay billions of short-sighted people who settled for what they could
see, the immediate filling of their bellies. Jacob, though a sinner and
deceiver, became the continuation of the heirloom of faith. So,
continue in the footsteps of your father Jacob, and become, like him, a
prince with God and men, even if the struggle and the fight maim you.
Continue fighting the fight, the battle of your destiny & don't
give up like all those other quitters & settlers-for-less, the
millions, like Esau.
Jacob desired to have something that wasn't
really of that much use in the practical, as far as the here & now
was concerned. He was mainly desirous of the spiritual title and
heirloom of Isaac's blessing. Of course, the birthright was a big thing
for people in those days, but it wasn't something that young folks were
all to concerned about, and, evidently, Esau didn't care about it all
too much, to begin with, at least not at the time he made that deal
with his brother.
At first Jacob was pretty selfish, concerned
primarily with the things he wanted: the birthright, then Rachel for a
wife, etc., and you know he cheated, too, in order to get the first. He
was being cheated in order to get the second... He had to eat some of
his own pie: "Have a taste of what it's like to be cheated."
But after years and years of working under
someone like that, you eventually begin to change and start turning
from a Jacob, a deceiver, into an Israel, a prince of God. What is that
process that gets you there? It's the purging process. It's the
wrestling with God process and not letting go before the blessing, and
finding out which of the two is stronger. - Finally winding up saying
"Uncle" and "You win" to God, and surrendering to Him, giving Him the
respect which truly is His due.
You never hear much about those who took the
easy way out, who didn't dare to take the challenge. Esau, who took the
easy way out of selling his birthright in order to fill his stomach on
that one fateful occasion, didn't become the hero and patriarch of My
chosen people, but Jacob did. For him, there was no such thing as
"backward" or settling for less.