THE
CHALLENGES OF LIFE
Memorise:
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, that wickedness was
there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Ecclesiastes
3:16
Read:
Genesis 25:19-23
, 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
, 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah
to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban
the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she
was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;
and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall
serve the younger.
Bible
in one year: Job 16:19, 2nd Thessalonians 2:13-3:18
MESSAGE!
Looking
at the life of Esau, one cannot but learn a few lessons from him. Esau was the
firstborn of Isaac. He was a twin. Being the first of the twins, he was
supposed to inherit the double portion blessing meant for firstborns. But he
had a major challenge: before his birth, a prophecy that would rob him of his
rightful place had already gone forth. His problem started while he was still
in the womb of his mother! Esau’s mother, Rebekah, has a lot of discomfort
during her pregnancy, and so she went to ask the Lord what the matter was.
“And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in
thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the
one people shall be stronger that the other people; and the elder shall serve
the younger.” Genesis 25:23
The forces that would truncate Esau’s destiny
were already in place before his birth. Therefore, from the very day he was
born, he was born into trouble. Do you know that like Esau, many people are
born into trouble? Before Moses was born, the decree that made it illegal for
him to live had already been passed. He was born to die prematurely, but God
stepped into the scene and preserved his life (Exodus
1:15-2:9). Similarly, after Jesus was born, a decree was passed to kill
Him (Matthew 2:13-19). King Herod and his
army were on the lookout for Him. They searched so thoroughly that for the
child Jesus to be safe, God had to instruct Joseph to escape with Him to
another country, Egypt .
The Lord who delivered Moses and Jesus will also deliver you! Have some people
seen your destiny while you were in your mother’s womb, and declared war
against you? The Lord will arise for you and put them to shame in Jesus’ Name.
We should learn from the circumstances
surrounding Esau’s life that you cannot correctly compare one person with
another, because their foundations are not the same. One of them might make
easy progress in life with no trouble at all, because he or she was born into
peace, while the other fellow may have been battling to survive even from the
mother’s womb. Every battle that pre-dates your birth is terminated today! The
Lord will put to flight all unknown enemies working against your destiny!
Prayer
Point
I
paralyse every destiny manipulator or destroyer, sent on a mission against me,
my family and members of my church, in Jesus’ Name.
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