Gen 27:4 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.”
I often find myself seeking God’s will for my life by using the words of Acts 9:6 … “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” … But this family already knew God’s will. In Gen 25:23, the LORD told Rebekah, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.” Yet even with His word on the situation, they schemed.
Gen 27:6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau….”
Isaac schemed to bestow his blessing on his favorite not God’s chosen. Rebekah schemed to be sure her favorite received the blessing (even though God had already said it would be his). Esau schemed to gain his father’s blessing, especially in material goods, knowing that he had sold his birthright for a bowl of stew (Gen 25:34). Jacob schemed to not get caught deceiving his father so as not to call down curses on himself instead of blessings. In the end, despite all the scheming and dysfunction, the LORD’s will was achieved.
Gen 27:11-12 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, … “I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.”
Lord, Thank You for this day, for this scripture, for this example of how not to act as a family and of how You can act even through dysfunctional families. Thank You that even in the midst of scheming and dysfunction, You can still accomplish Your will. Help me never to get so caught up in what I want, what I think should happen, that I disregard You. Draw me closer. Amen.
Gen 27:13 His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say….”
Have a blessed day.
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