Genesis 27:6-8 (NASBStr)
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, ‘Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death. ’ Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you.
Sometimes, many times, we like to take things into our own hands. We like to control situations to guarantee an outcome that is favorable to us or is the one that we think best for us or others. Parents are very in tune to what is "best" for their children and often manipulate the situation to get an outcome favorable to their dreams and aspirations. Such is the story above. Rebekah was afraid that Isaac would bless Esau and not Jacob. So, she put in motion a plan to make sure that didn't happen. Like most mothers she wanted the best for her son. But, since she forgot the promise God made her earlier in the pregnancy of Esau and Jacob, she decided to make things happen on her own. God had promised her that Esau would serve Jacob. God had promised her that Jacob would be the head. Yet, she tried to do things on her own. It is that simple. We tend to try things on our own when we forget the promises and principles of God's Word. God's word is sure. When we accept them by faith we should expect results that are different than what our our eyes of flesh see. Faith vision is different than flesh vision. We will never stop manipulating the outcome until we first have complete faith in the promises of God. When that happens we wills see we don't have to manipulate like Rebekah.
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