The Porridge Looked So Good!

The sobs racked my whole body as I sat hopeless and incredibly heart-broken in my private place. Far away from the eyes of the world. 

I couldn't believe this had just happened to me! How? How?! How!!? 

And then like a flashbulb, it came to me, I remembered that fateful day many years ago. So long ago, I was surprised it came to memory. 

Could it be? Could my actions then be responsible for this great loss? "No, it couldn't be" I thought. How could I have been so foolish? Oh no how could I have been so unwise?

 

The thought made the tears flow even more as the reality of what a few minutes of pleasure years ago had just robbed me of - "my rightful inheritance, gone", I whispered to no one in sight as I let out a heart-wrenching cry. "My place, given up, oh why did I do that?!" The bitter tears stung my cheeks as I wept helplessly, knowing fully well that the tears couldn't bring the forfeited years back. 

I remember that day now very clearly. I had been hunting as usual, doing what I loved and what had become my profession. It was a long day and I had been so engrossed in my job that I didn't realise that the time had gone so far. It was on realising that I was the only hunter remaining that I hurriedly traced my steps back home. 

I was terribly famished and could eat a house at that moment. I rushed home in search of something to to sate my deep hunger and as I walked in, I saw my twin brother cooking a pot of porridge; the porridge looked so good!

I couldn't resist it - the aroma, the moistness of the food, the oil dripping with a promise of goodness and pleasure. My stomach rumbled involuntarily and I knew I just had to have it!

I called to him to give me a portion and he responded with a request for my birthright in exchange. At the time, he could have my manhood if he asked, all I needed right then was the satisfaction of the beauty I beheld in that pot. Without a second thought I traded it in... 

I traded it in.. I traded it in, I traded my inheritance, my place as the firstborn, my destiny for a miserable plate of food. A piece of meal that could only fill my hunger for a moment and not for ever.

Oh the regret! How could I have been so careless, so foolish, so unwise...

How I wish I could turn back the hands of time, waited a few minutes more, called one of the many servants we had to prepare a feast for me if I had chosen... But I chose a moment of pleasure over a lifetime inheritance. 

Esau

(You can read the full true story in Genesis 25:19-34, Genesis 27:32-37)

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Will you be an Esau too? 

You and I have a great inheritance in God our father. We have choice blessings and promises that the death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God gives us access to when we accept Him as Lord and Saviour. However, daily we get offered the promise of quick pleasure, a compromise here and there, a short-cut to prosperity, quick, temporary wins. And we are indeed hungry, very hungry.

Will you give in to the need for immediate gratification at the expense of much greater things? 

It would be unfortunate to trade your destiny for a moment or period of pleasure. 

There's an inheritance and promise for you in Jesus that's far greater than any thing outside of Him that looks attractive right now. It's only a matter of time before you come into the fullness of God's plan and purpose for your life. Don't miss it. 

It's really up to you to decide, if you were in Esau's shoes, given the choice with the benefit of hindsight, would you take the porridge or refuse to trade in your birthright?

I want to invite you to make the best decision ever; a decision to make Jesus Lord and Saviour. To choose to refuse the seeming attraction living outside Christ presents for a more glorious promise in Him. 

If you are willing, please pray this prayer with me - 

"Lord Jesus, I want to thank you for dying for me on the cross. Thank you for paying the price for my sins. I come to you to please ask for mercy and that you forgive me and wash me clean from all my sins. Please be my Lord from today, give me a brand new start with you and help me to live a victorious and glorious life in you. Thank you for answering my prayer in Jesus name I pray". 

If you just prayed that prayer, Congratulations! Your best life just started!

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