YOUR BLESSING
Today's reading: Genesis 26-28

"When Esau understood, he let out a loud and bitter cry, O my father, bless me, too! But Isaac said, Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has carried away your blessing." Genesis 27:34-35 NLT

Fact: Isaac is a father of faith. His life story is one recorded for us by God to inspire, to model and to learn from.

Fact: In middle eastern culture, the father passed on a familial blessing to the oldest son. An irrevocable blessing that entitled the heir to all the father had.

Fact: Jacob and his mother tricked Isaac into passing this blessing on to Jacob instead of Esau.

Fact: Isaac had only one of these blessings to hand out.

Now that you know the facts, let me fill you in on a few things that may release you from some of the tension, stress and bitterness you are living under...

God is not held by these ancient laws. God does not have ONLY one blessing to give out.

No one, the most conniving, the most spiritual, the most evil or the the holiest among us, cannot trick God out of our blessings from Him.

Can your disobedience cause you to miss out on something from God? Yes.

Can your sins cause you to be passed over for His blessing on your life? Yes.

Can you choose to pass on a blessing God wants to give you? Yes, you can.

Can anyone take your blessing from you, or from Him? No.

So--what are you doing to grab hold of each and every blessing God wants to give you?