Jacob, Esau and the Blessing of the FatherS - Scripture: Genesis 27:1-46
O - Observations:
This is a very familiar story to a lot of people. Isaac tells his son Esau to go and prepare savory meat for him and he would bless him. Rebecca hears this and decieves her husband and gets the blessing for Isaac instead. Esau comes back only to find his blessing usurped by his twin brother, Jacob. Esau seeks to kill Jacob, but again Rebecca hears of this plan and again steps in and handles the matter sending Jacob away for a time, only what she did not realize is that she would never see her beloved son again.
A - Application for me today:
Seek the blessing of the Heavenly Father in my life today.
The Heavenly Father has set the example and precedent for the father’s blessing. The patriarchs of the Old Testament, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob clearly understood the power of the father’s blessing AND practiced it! “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit” Proverbs 18:21
The New Covenant way to deal with those who curse you is to BLESS them as Jesus taught in Mathew 5:43-44.
As soon as Adam and Eve were created, “God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28
At the time of Jesus’ baptism, the Heavenly Father blessed His Son. “Then Jesus, when He had been baptized, came up immediately from the water; and behold the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased’” Mathew 3:16,17. He was blessed as a Son (for who he was) rather than for what He had done.
P - Prayer in response:
Father bless me too! I want your blessing in my life. May I seek it as Jacob and Esau did, fervently! They both knew the importance of the father's blessing in their life. May I know the importance of your blessing in my life! And at the same time may we as parents know the importance of blessing our children and passing blessings on to them. May I become a parent of blessing.
"Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones" (Pro. 16:24).
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A blessing you can pray with your children:
My child, I love you! You are special. You are a gift from God. I thank God for allowing me to be a father (parent/mother/guardian) to you. I bless you with the healing of all wounds of rejection, neglect and abuse that you have suffered. I bless you with overflowing peace, the peace that only the Prince of Peace can give, a peace beyond comprehension. I bless your life with fruitfulness—good fruit, much fruit and fruit that remains. I bless you with success. You are the head and not the tail; you are above and not beneath. I bless you with health and strength of body, soul and spirit. I bless you with overflowing prosperity, enabling you to be a blessing to others. I bless you with spiritual influence, for you are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. You are like a tree planted by rivers of water. You will prosper in all your ways. I bless you with a depth of spiritual understanding and a close walk with your Lord. You will not stumble or falter, for the Word of God will be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. I bless you with pure and edifying relationships in life. You have favor with God and man. I bless you with abounding love. You will minister God's comforting grace to others. You are blessed, my child! You are blessed with all spiritual blessings in the Name of Yeshua HaMashiach. Amen & Amen.
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