I was struck today that Esau sold his birthright. The same thing is happening today. We are all God's children and He offers us all the same inheratance of eternal life but we get get distracted by the here and now and reject things of eternal significance for things that can not possibly last. Esau was stuck with his decision forever. Luckily today, because of Jesus and His sacrifice for us, as long as we are alive it's never too late to make things right with God.
Of course, I can't help but comment that Isaac did the same stupid thing with the same king!! For heaven's sake!! Yet, the King was perceptive enough to notice that the "Lord was with him". Luckily, Isaac copied the good things that Abraham had done also. He built an altar and called upon the name of the Lord.
14 years ago
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