Broken up for Easter now, but still starting my day with God. I am blessed that I won't have to be pulling my eyelids open at 6:15am for a couple of weeks, but I am also aware that I still need to seek God every day. So today is Genesis 25, and a couple of interesting points came up.
Gen 25:`After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac'.
There are a couple of different ways of thinking about this verse. First off, our parents have an effect on us, and we can inherit God's blessings from them if they were close to God. Of course that can go the other way too, and I am testament to the fact that many of us inherit the good AND bad things of our parents. It's a bit of a double edged sword this teaching, and for many of us we will have inherited our share of rubbish from previous generations. However, it also reminds me how important it is for my own children that I seek God and live the life he has for me. I came across a lovely verse on proverbs the other day which basically said the same thing, something like 'if you love God he will look after your kids'.
If we are aware of the bad points we have inherited from our parents, then we can do battle with them, and lookout for their traps. For example, I have inherited my mother's worrying attitude,and so KNOW I need to build myself up with scripture and prayer etc.
Genesis 25:21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered his prayer.
I just love this: God answers prayer.It really hit me reading this how God involves himself in our own everyday desires, needs and requests, such as having a baby. The God who made the world is listening: what are you going to ask him for?
Genesis 25:32 "Look,I am about to die"
Here we see Esau so hungry that he gives away his birthright for a meal. God really spoke to me here about how we need to eat and eat well, because we can often fall into sin if we are hungry. It's an odd, but accurate observation I think.
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