When Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of soup,
Genesis 25:34 tells us he then despised his birthright and looked at it with
contempt, believing it was worthless. His attitude was a defense for acting
impulsively to satisfy his immediate hunger. We’ve all been guilty of acting
impulsively, then dealing with consequences that tend to linger on indefinitely.
A young
man told of an incident where he met a colleague in a bar and after several
drinks, took her home and spent the night. Later he began to loathe and despise
the young woman. Looking at his own weakness was too difficult to manage. Esau’s
attitude should have been loaded with shame and guilt for having been so
careless.
Jacob could have acted toward his brother with love by giving him the soup. Esau might have responded by expressing his gratitude and appreciation for such a loving act. When you love, you give something of yourself, of what you possess, and you show what it means to be effective as a human being whom God has blessed. God commanded that we love one another.
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