But almost as soon as we started this book, my church launched a church-wide series going through "The Story" by Max Lucado. For those of you who aren't familier with it, the series takes 31 weeks and covers Genesis to Revelation. Huge. So that series started in Genesis the same time our reading in Genesis began and suddenly I was reading double passages, teaching those passages several times a week...it really becames a struggle to get into it.
This week God kicked my rear back into gear and by His grace I've been able to stay on track. Today's chapter, Genesis 27, made me consider something. Blessing.
The whole chapter is oriented around receiving this blessing. It's important to Esau because he immiedatly obeys his father to received it, and is grieved when he finds Jacob has taken the blessing. It's important to Rebekah, in fact important enough that she is willing to deceived her dying husband. It's imporant to Jacob, so important that he doesn't correct his mother's sin, he hops onborad and lies to his father's face! This must be some blessing!
This is not something that Isaac can take back once given. This is something special. It has elements of the promise God made to Abraham to "bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" It provides authority over family members, prosperity, and a power among nations. This is a passing down of the promise God has made to their family, a gift from God.
So why are blessings so superficial to us?
We think of blessing as the equivalant of happiness. What would happen if we looked at it like Jacob and Esau did? How would that change us and out world?
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