GOD’S
PURPOSED ELECT
Kingdom
Kids devotions authorize Jesus’ LORDship
over our lives.
Genesis
27:41: “Esau held a grudge against Jacob
because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, ‘the days of mourning for
my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
God chose Abraham to make him father to as many
descendants (natural and adopted) as there are stars in the sky (Genesis
22:17).
But before Abraham and his wife Sarah could conceive a
child, Sarah gave her maidservant to Abraham as a wife. The maidservant gave birth to a son named Ishmael. (Genesis 16:3-16).
Genesis 21:1-5 shows that Sarah gave birth to a son named
Isaac. The Christian religion is founded
by the patriarchy begun by Abraham, passed by faith to his son Isaac, and
grandson Jacob.
God told Abraham in Genesis 21:12: “Do not be so distressed about the boy and
your maidservant. Listen to whatever
Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be
reckoned.” Reckoned [REK-ond] means to
be accounted for, figured as, or totaled among.
Genesis 25:19-34 begins the fascinating story of Isaac
and Rebekah’s twins, Esau and Jacob. Check
out the lesson below for two things that Jacob did to anger Esau so much that
the opening Scripture promises brother-murder.
See how their relationship ended
many decades later.
Why was the Christian religion founded by the patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Romans 9:11-13
says, “Before the twins were born or dad had done anything good or bad—in
order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by
him who calls—she was told, ‘The older will serve the younger.’ Just as it is written: ‘Jacob I loved, but
Esau I hated.’” (Genesis 25:23, Malachi
1:2-3). Emphasis mine.
Take
Home Nugget
Esau messed up big
time. After selling his birthright to
Jacob, Esau married two women outside his Dad’s faith. He grieved his parents. He never took responsibility for his actions.
Esau’s choices are why God gave people the gift of free
will. He knows who we are in our hearts
by the choices we make.
God’s elect are not random choices. His purpose will never be stopped.
Isaac was chosen as God's purposed elect, but Ishmael was not. Jacob was chosen. Esau was not.
Esau’s
flesh battle happens to Believers-in-Christ all the time. Are places in your life not yielded to God’s
Spirit? Let’s not allow poor choices to
interrupt the Spiritual Blessings that our heavenly Father wants us to have.
Heavenly
Father, I confess where I messed up today.
Forgive me when I sin. I am
asking for Your Spiritual Blessings in Christ more than any others that I think
I want, in Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
J.D. Griffith
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