Scripture:
Genesis 25-26
Notable Hebrew words:
- blessed Gen 25:11 – barak
- granted Gen 25:21 – athar
- inquire Gen 25:22 – darash
Observations
- Rebekah and Isaac were married for 20 years before she had children
- Esau traded his lifelong birthright to fulfill his short term hunger
- Isaac inherited generational blessings from Abraham’s obedience, but repeated his father’s sin of claiming his wife as his sister.
Application:
- Think how sin effects me long term, even though it may be desirable in the moment
Prayer:
Help me to not let my flesh rule me, and give into temptation.
Scriptures that come to mind:
Matthew 26:41 – Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Proverbs 14:12 – There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
