So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright. (Genesis 25:33)
I was in a very tight spot, I had missed the deadline. I was going to lose the contract. Then a “savior” came along. All I had to do was “change the dates on the proposal, and he slipped it in. A very harmless act. I won the contract, and “properly thanked my destiny helper”. So why did I feel something was wrong? Why was I not rejoicing?
I had listened to the voice of Satan. All through that morning he kept whispering in my ears “sell me your birthright” and I played right into his hands. I recounted the many times I had played into Satan’s hands and sold my birthright. Then, I remembered when Satan took Jesus onto the mountain and showed Him all the glory of the world, and asked Jesus to bow to him. Satan was willing to give Jesus all that the world had to offer if He would “sell His birthright”.
What would make you sell your birthright? Elsie had an affair with John so that she would have money to pay her school fees. Education was more important to her than her birthright. John falsified papers to get money to pay his rent. Homelessness was more important to him than his birthright.
Bible says, Esau despised his birthright (Genesis 25:34). Do you also despise your birthright? Satan is whispering in your ears today, “sell me your birthright”. What would make you do it? Wealth? Fame? Power? Marriage? Children?