Christians as the new Essau
We have all read the story about Jacob and Essau in the bible. Many of us anyway, depending on whether or not you are a christian. Anyway, long story short, Essau trades his birth right as the elder son to Jacob for a meal! Hmmmm.....his hunger at the time clouded his judgement. I think we can all relate to how our feelings and desires sometimes stop us from thinking clearly.
That being said, he shouldnt have let them go so lightly. Jacob was cunning and shrewd and ended up taking all the blessings from his father. How does this relate to christians today? In the Gospel reading yesterday, Jesus is asked by the jews to perform a sign so that they can believe that he is the Messiah. He told them, no sign will be given to you except the sign of Jonah. He also told them that their generation would be judged by the ninevites, for they had believed jonah and yet God's own son was speaking to them and they hardened their hearts.
Our generation today is being judged by other faiths like the muslims and many others. They seem to have greater faith in God than even we christians do. The reason the christian faith spread so fast in the first years after christ's death was the blood of the matyrs and the love christians showed one another and others. They had an unshakable faith and they endured great persecution for the sake of Christ. They gladly layed down their lives for love of him. Oh what a beautiflu example! Lord help us to be just like them.
We as christians need to pray for an increae in our faith. Lord may we see you in every situation. In everyday life, you give us signs of your grace and majesty. Open our eyes to see your greatness in the little things as well as the great. Amen
That being said, he shouldnt have let them go so lightly. Jacob was cunning and shrewd and ended up taking all the blessings from his father. How does this relate to christians today? In the Gospel reading yesterday, Jesus is asked by the jews to perform a sign so that they can believe that he is the Messiah. He told them, no sign will be given to you except the sign of Jonah. He also told them that their generation would be judged by the ninevites, for they had believed jonah and yet God's own son was speaking to them and they hardened their hearts.
Our generation today is being judged by other faiths like the muslims and many others. They seem to have greater faith in God than even we christians do. The reason the christian faith spread so fast in the first years after christ's death was the blood of the matyrs and the love christians showed one another and others. They had an unshakable faith and they endured great persecution for the sake of Christ. They gladly layed down their lives for love of him. Oh what a beautiflu example! Lord help us to be just like them.
We as christians need to pray for an increae in our faith. Lord may we see you in every situation. In everyday life, you give us signs of your grace and majesty. Open our eyes to see your greatness in the little things as well as the great. Amen
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