January 10th Devotion

Genesis 25:29-34 (NIV)29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) 31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." 32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" 33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 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.

•Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup.

Numbers 30:2 (NIV) 2 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.
Deuteronomy 23:23 (NIV) 23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

•Vows must be kept.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 (NIV) 5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

•Better, not to make them, than make them and break them.

Hebrews 12:14-17 (NIV) 14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. He could bring about no change of mind, though he sought the blessing with tears.

•God Himself, held Esau to his.

•Enough said.

Love, Pastor Don