My sweet girl's minister, Amy Peirson, shared a message with me and a couple other students. Though I cannot recall the message in her finest words, I wish to share the scripture she interpreted for us. It is found in Genesis chapter 25 verses 29-34:
"Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob (his younger sibling), 'Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!' Jacob replied, 'First sell me your birthright.'... so Esau swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright."
This story teaches a lesson that I seemed to overlook as I read over it in my quiet time. Yet Amy reminded me that we each have something in our lives that is our cup of stew. Whether this is acceptance, money, success, time, image, etc, we each have something in our lives that we would put before the person God made us to be. If your called to ministry or just trying to walk close to God, you have to be strong and capable of not giving up what God has set before you ( In Esau's case, his own birthright!), because just one moment can hinder your entire life.
so powerful! I was reading this story the past week and I put my place in Esau's shoes... That perspective changed everything.
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