Genesis 27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.
On its surface, this scene seems like a very sweet scene of a father on his deathbed and the son of inheritance. In reality, Isaac will live another 37 years, Esau was not the son God deemed inheritor, and there was a lot of deceit and mistrust within this house.
Genesis 27:2 Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.
I have to keep reminding myself that these are God’s chosen ones. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob who becomes Israel, ancestor to Jesus through his son Joseph…are so utterly, fallibly, messily human. Just like me. Just like you.
Genesis 27:3 Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
Precious Savior, Thank You that You can use me, no matter my faults and flaws. Thank You that perfect is not and has never been a requirement for those who love You. Help me, always, to shine Your light, to be Your hands and feet. Use me, faults and all, to do Your will. Amen.
Genesis 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.”
Have a blessed day.