Tuesday Reading: Genesis 27:38-41
Key Verse: Genesis 27:41
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Devotion:
How many times do we read our bibles to see of tales of deception and hatred? We don’t have to look too far through the books of the Old Testament to see that they are remarkably similar to the hatred, deception and general misconduct shown to us through our history books. It is not a case of Christians live lives being withdrawn from the pitfalls of life, being withdrawn from the bad judgement, being set apart from bad things or even living a sinless life. Christians continue to live lives as people do along with all the bad things that we do. What is different is our relationship with God!
When you read through this chapter you get to know the greed and deception that was going on in a single family; not just the one son but both Esau and Jacob as well as their mother Rebekah! When we first get to hear stories from the bible we get to hear about the good things that happen and the wonders that God has done for us but by far the most wonderful thing that has happened is that God has chosen to forgive us of all the foulest things that we get up to! You don’t have to read too far to see that God is willing to forgive even murderers if they will bring their deeds to Him and truly ask for forgiveness!
It is no good asking God to forgive us of our sins is we are simply going to continue on in the same manner the second we stop praying! It is no good saying that we will try to stop doing what we do if we are not willing to give it a try! Yes, God is willing to forgive the vilest of deeds but He does require us to mean it from our hearts and not just through the vain words that come from our mouths! God will use all manner of people to make sure that His Word gets to be told to all, but He would like us to be servants willing to bring forward His Word!
Points to Ponder:
Do you think you have things that cannot be forgiven?
Have you seen the people God has already forgiven?
