Deceiver
June 16, 2012 | By: Cristiane Cardoso | Posted in: Behavior, Children, Family, Spiritual Growth, Strength
Rebekah heard everything that Isaac had told Esau and she was outraged. How could Isaac do that after everything Esau had put them through during all those years…
“And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold I heard thy father speak unto Esau tby brother… Now therefore, my son, obey my voice accoring to that which i command thee. Go now to the flock, adn fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth. And though shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob”.
Rebeca planned everything, she thought about everything… If her husband didn’t want to do what God had been showing him all of those years, she was going to have to do it even if it was in an unpleasant way… And that’s what she did, Jacob pretended to be Esau and he deceived his father who blessed him instead of Esau.
When Esau arrived and saw what had happened, he begged Isaac to bless him, but the only thing left for him was…
“And his Father Isaac answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above. And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck”.
Why was Isaac’s blessing so important to Esau all of a sudden? Just when he had lost it? Because Esau finally understood it’s importance. If the blessing wasn’t his, then, what had remained for him? The curse!
This is how many sons and daughters of christians live… In a curse. They live torturing themselves in this world, trying one thing here, another there; they don’t take a stand, they want to follow this career, that other one as well, but nothing satisfies them. Blame immediately sets it, and like always, it’s against their parents…
“You never gave me the chance to lead a normal life!”
They live blaming their parents, the church, their faith in God… just like Esau…
Find out what happens to him in the next post.
Cristiane Cardoso
Author of the books "Better than a new pair of shoes", "V woman" and "Casamento Blindado" (Bulletproof Marriage). Founder of "Godllywood" and "Rahab Project". Presenter of "The Love School" at Rede Record.
Dear Mrs Cristiane
This is so true. How easy it is to shift a blame on someone and this concept has existed from the time of Adam and Eve when Adam shifted the blame to his wife then Eve to the serpent. Even so, God did not take their excuses, all He wanted was for them to obey His word and failing to do so it led to bad consequences.
My point here is, I can never blame anyone for my mistakes..PERIOD!!!
Rene
RSA
Dear Mrs Christiane
Its true because one’s blessing depends on the individual how do you take up a challenge been like Esau or Jacob we are the fruits of the previous decisions we made whether good or bad choices i cant accept to be a loser and sell my blessings like Esau did
Sibongile
There is a lot of truth in this, it reminds me of a message I got a few days ago. I so greatful becuase this has opned my eyes alot to give value to the things of God and not play with them.
Thanks for sharing.xx
I agree Mrs. Cris.
Just like me before, it’s easy for me to point my finger to someone when I made mistake. It’s always been someone! Not recognizing that I was the one that made me to suffer. Because I allowed it to happened. And the story of my life before was really sad and horrible.
For in those times that I blamed to someone all the wrong things that I had done, my eyes did not opened.
But when I learned, that I must recognize my sins and mistakes and really repent on them. That’s when the story of my life change.
I’m really thankful to God for He gave me a chance and helped me to changed! And I will be forever thankful to HIM!
Kisses!
I also hope I am not stupid enough to lose a blessing and then think oops what have i done, i will take council, pray anything, but NO, i can’t lose a blessing, i want my life to change and i don’t care what it takes! I hate the word regret!!!!
XXX
Christiane,
children in the church have no idea how blessed they are, they have not thought through, not slightly even considered their lives. I know you had your struggles and everyone thought you had none at all, i know, but i have heard adults, who have rebelled against the church and they say things,
“we were forced to go to church twice a week and twice on a sunday”
Aaaah poor things, one man said it to me as if he wanted sympathy, what is more they talk over you when youre evangelising and you have to move away because the devil is using them to discourage people as if they were a victim of torture, they can’t listen because they are not there for that.
Ok, some parents do things wrong in the church, some are still learning to be parents and christians, the point is, think about the poor children that are the children of drug addicts, bringing people home that abuse them, filthy cold homes dirty clothes, I knew a girl of 14 who had 2 alcoholic parents, they cared and knew nothing of their daughter, she lived next door to a friend whos parents were like it too and they both helped each other like little soldiers, heart breaking Christiane, they did all the house work so they didn’t have to live in filth and shame, they shopped together, cleaned floors cookers, did all the washing, went out in the evening dressed up and tried to get money from their drunk parents and have boyfriends because they were so lonely inside. How dare, these lucky kids, moan, they just want sexual freedom and to join in swearing and attention seeking. They should be thanking God on their knees everyday and throw themselves into the service of God instead of trying to show off in the world, because they are “blessed”, load of rubbish, give thanks with your life, There are 4 year old children in south africa, with parents that love them that have had to cut them lose because they are starving and their children have no other chance of survival, my blood is boiling Christiane, tell these children with their extensive wardrobes and their stuff, is this normal? If these children walk into suffering, they did it, they weren’t forced by circumstances, the lord has taken care of them, they can stop talking rubbish and take care of the ones that cannot because the poor little ones out there didn’t have these advantages. Let them properly consider their lives, stop being blind and selfish and have love for the poor people and do something with faith in Jesus instead of portioning blame for their own ignorance and wickedness!
PHew Christiane, Why don’t people look around honey, WHY!?!
big love Helenxxx
Hi Mrs cristiane,
You are right, we spend our lives blaming others for our mishaps. But we must claim the blessings from God and obey his words.
Thank you for the message.
It is so true Mrs Cristiane. It’s so much easier to blame others intead of looking at what we have done wrong and how we can move on from there.
May God Bless you in all that you do.