Esau

Gen 25:19-34; 26:34-27:45; 28:6-9 Esau

Esau's life was filled with choices he must have regretted bitterly. He appears to have been a person who found it hard to consider consequences, reacting to the need of the moment without realizing what he was giving up to meet that need. Trading his birthright for a bowl of stew was the clearest example of his weakness. He also chose his wives in direct opposition to his parents' wishes. He learned the hard way.

What are you willing to trade for the things you want? Do you find yourself, at times, willing to negotiate anything for what you feel you need now? Do your family, integrity, body, or soul get included in these deals? Do you sometimes feel that the important parts of life escaped while you were grabbing for something else?

If so, your initial response, like Esau's, may be deep anger. In itself that isn't wrong, as long as you direct the energy of that anger toward a solution and not toward yourself or others as the cause of the problem. Your greatest need is to find a focal point other than "What I need now." The only worthy focal point is God. A relationship with him will not only give an ultimate purpose to you life; it will also be a daily guideline for living. Meet him in the pages of the Bible. (Like what teacher Huimin has shared in her last QT sharing :))

Cheers!
Andrea