Song # 2348 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in Genesis chapter 27 that Jacob, with Rebekah his mother’s help, tricked his father Isaac into blessing him when Isaac thought he was blessing the older brother Esau.
After Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, Jacob’s brother Esau came in from hunting (Genesis 27:30). Esau also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father saying “Sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing” (Genesis 27:31). His father Isaac asked him “Who are you?” Esau answered “I am your son, your firstborn Esau” (Genesis 27:32). Isaac trembled violently and said “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him - and indeed he will be blessed” (Genesis 27:33). When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father “Bless me - me too, my father” (Genesis 27:34). But Isaac said “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing” (Genesis 27:35). Then Esau asked “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?” (Genesis 27:36). Isaac answered Esau “I have made him lord over you and all his relatives and servants” (Genesis 27:37). Esau said to his father “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud (Genesis 27:38).
Thought for today: we can’t see God’s hand, but we can trust His heart.
Thought for the future: God’s certainty will see us through life’s uncertainties. Where will you spend your eternity?
