Isaacs Reaction to the Lies

12/08/2006

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Isaac’s reaction to the lies

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Genesis 27:30-33

            Message of the verse:  “30 ¶  Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.  31  Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, ‘Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.’  32  Isaac his father said to him, ‘Who are you?’ And he said, ‘I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.’  33  Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, ‘Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.’

            Isaacs’s reaction to having the wool pulled over him was to shake violently, and as I looked up these words there are four words that were in the Hebrew language.  I would have to say that these words describe a person who was very fearful, very upset, and in Isaac’s case he just got caught up in all of the lies and disobedience and therefore began to shake. 

            I believe that if Isaac would have handled his family in a proper way that he would not have gotten into such a mess that he got into, for after all Isaac was the head of this household and was responsible for all of the mess that his household was in at this time.  Isaac’s words in verse thirty-three sum this whole thing up for me when he said, “Yes, and he shall be blessed.”  There was something about these words that has shown me that the fault of all of this lands on his shoulders, and it was his responsibility to have given the blessings to Jacob in the first place so that none of this would have happened, so it seems that these blessings had to be given to Jacob by trickery so that they would be given to him.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I guess the thing that I have learned from this passage is that I, too, am responsible for the things that happen in my household, at least to the extent that I need to be involved and consulted as to what it is that is going on so that I will have the opportunity of seeking the wisdom of the Lord through prayer to find out if that is the way he wants me to go in certain situations.

The Word of God has been both convicting and challenging to my heart as I read and studied God’s Word this morning.

My Steps of Faith Today:  To trust in the Lord with all of my heart and not to lean upon my own understanding, but in all of my ways acknowledge Him and then He has promised to direct my path, and to pray that the Lord will continue to teach me contentment.