Unending Grief

When Isaac summoned his son Esau to the family tent, his purpose was to confer upon him a special blessing of honor and prestige. However, his mother Rebekah was determined the blessing would go to her favorite son Jacob. This unfolding drama has all the trappings of intrigue, deception, betrayal, impending homicide and unending grief.

Can you just imagine the heartbreak this aging, dying father suffered knowing his wife and son betrayed him? Genesis 27:33 tells us he trembled violently, simulating a stroke or seizure. When Isaac informed Esau of their betrayal, he cried out to his father with bitter tears, “Bless me; bless me, too, my father.”

         

 

What follows this grief-laden, heart-breaking scene prompted by favoritism was anger and resentment that could last a lifetime. Recovery from grief that produces extreme hatred is difficult, but not impossible. The Lord Jesus Christ is the great physician, the healer who knows our sorrows and yearns to comfort and heal us.