DON’T LOSE YOUR INHERITANCE

There is a proverb that a hungry man is an angry man. Not everyone can deal with hunger. I once got angry and irritated because I was hungry and tired. I was surprised at my own response. However, I have learnt to deal with it over the years. Hunger does make people behave strangely. 

Some people have medical problems like diabetes. I once saw a man walk straight into a glass door because he missed breakfast. Diabetes caused him to get confused. Thank God he was not hurt and received the medical attention he needed. Hunger can cause life changing experiences like losing an inheritance.

I have been meditating on the account of Jacob and Esau. Esau was a Hunter and he was good too. Isaac ate what he caught. On a particular day it would seem Esau was not successful. He did trust his brother and his brother took advantage of him. Esau was easy prey as he did not see the value in what he had. He took it all for granted.

Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.”

So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Genesis 25:29-34

Firstly, Esau showed contempt for his birthright. He did not value the things of God. It is God who determines the firstborn and the system which has been continued and affirmed by God through covenant. God's covenant is with Abraham, Jacob and Isaac. It came to Jacob by default. It would have been a continued covenant with Esau. But Esau did not value it and practically slapped God in the face.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Romans 9:13

Esau valued the carnal, or things of the flesh. His appetite is not simply about food, it represents the desires of the flesh. He was controlled by it. As Christians we should not be like Esau. As heirs to the throne we as believers have an inheritance. We are blessed by faith through Abraham. Same faith gives us access to the inheritance as the promise of the Spirit.

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Galatians 3:18

The promise is the covenant. What is the covenant? The word comes from the word 'cut' in Hebrew. It is a binding agreement with a common goal and sealed in blood. In our case it is sealed in the perfect pure blood of Jesus. He was the sacrificial lamb 'cut' or killed. The Old Testament covenant involved the sacrifice of animals. 

The Old Testament covenants are similar to a marriage covenant as it involves the killing of an animal. This again prepares us for the New Testament as the bride of Christ is the church and Jesus is the bridegroom. 

There are five covenants in the Bible; the Noahic Covenant (Genesis 9), the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 15-17), the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19:5), the Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:13), and the New Covenant (Hebrews 9:15). 

In Deuteronomy 7:9, Psalm 103:17-18 we find that the covenant is about love, love for God and obedience. Obedience is better than sacrifice 1 Samuel 15:22. The culmination of all things will be the marriage covenant Revelations 21:3;  

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

I pray you do not slap God in the face. I pray you make a covenant with God to ensure your place at the marriage feast in Jesus name. 

Dear Heavenly Father,

I ask you to forgive my sins in knowledge or ignorance. Please forgive me. I accept Jesus as my Saviour. I ask that Jesus comes into my life as I live to be a witness for Him. Please change my life and make me into the person you want me to be. Guide me in these times so I can be used by you to help others in Jesus name I pray. Thank you Father.

 

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