(Text : Genesis 27:11)
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
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Genesis 27:12-13 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
As shown here, Jacob was the most unlovely member of the family; yet Grace chose him to be the head of all the nations of the earth. Abraham and Sarah attempted to deceive Pharaoh; Isaac and Rebekah attempted to deceive Abimelech; Jacob and Rebekah attempted to deceive Isaac. Such is the path of self-will.
In addition, Genesis 27:20-21 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
A believer’s sin is worse than the sin of an unbeliever, simply because it makes the Lord, in essence, a part of the sin; thus, blasphemy is added to disobedience. “It was one of those crooked measures which have too often been adopted to accomplish the Divine Promises; as if the end would justify, or at least excuse, the means.
Finally, Genesis 27:28-29 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
There are two grand points brought out in Jacob’s history – God’s purpose of Grace, on the one hand; and on the other hand, self-will plotting and scheming to reach what that purpose would have infallibly brought about without any plot or scheme at all. The blessing points to Christ, who would be in the lineage of Jacob, God did not need the aid of such element as Rebekah’s cunning and Jacob’s gross deceit in order to accomplish His Purpose. He had said, “the elders shall serve the younger.” This was enough – enough for Faith, but not enough for self-will, which must ever adopt its own ways and, as stated, know nothing of what it is to wait on God.
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T.O AKINSANYA
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