Reflections from Lorrie's Laptop - What Birthright Do We Throw Away

• May. 2, 2006 - What Birthright Do We Throw Away

“...and Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright...afterward...he found no place of repentance though he sought it carefully with tears.” Hebrews 12: 16-17

“Oh, that smells good!” thought Esau. Jacob’s oldest son was ravenously hungry after an exhausting day of hunting. He was sooo hungry and that fragrant, nutritious stew smelled unbelievably delicious. He wanted some.

His younger twin brother Jacob was stirring it and they struck a deal. They traded, a bowl of stew for a birthright. What kind of deal was that? If Jacob was alive today he would probably be selling used cars!

You can’t blame sly Jacob alone for this. Esau willingly gave away this legacy that was legally his as the oldest son. Nowhere do we read that Jacob finagled this deal.

Esau was an easy sell. What was this birthright that he casually gave away for the price of a bowl of stew? Double wealth and the place of highest honor in the family lineage. Boy, he must have been VERY hungry!

Seems obviously foolish of Esau doesn’t it? What birthright do we throw away?

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• May. 5, 2006 - Our birthright

Posted by akabain

Thank you for posting such a question. I have really been thinking about this all week. My first thought was, "Oh, it will be so obvious, just read the verses surrounding v16." (I am a product of gov't school.) But as I read those verses (over and over) I thought, "We give away a good many things that God has blessed us with as His children." Verse 14 talks of the peace we can have with other people and the sanctification that is ours in Christ, how often do we trade those away when we seek after our own way! Verse 15 tells us to watch out so we don't "falleth short" of God's grace, which opens the door for us to have bitterness and become profane as Esau was. How often we decide to do what we want, when we want and turn our noses up at God's abundant grace for our life.

How sad it must have been for Esau to seek and not find the blessing that had been his all along.

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• May. 6, 2006 - birthright

Posted by lrapps

I'd say that as believers we throw away our sinful birthright that we inherited from Adam. Do we always walk in our new birthright as an heir in Christ? Unfortunately, no. But we have the hope that the Lord is always working in our lives to grow us into who He created us to be. What a blessing to know that even though we may not always be working toward that goal He is faithful.

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• May. 9, 2006 - Birthright

Posted by Anonymous

I just studied this in the new Beth Moore study, Patriarchs. We give up the blessings (birthright) of God's rich inheritance we have through being adopted children of God when we settle for the temporal pleasures of this life (red stew).

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Lorrie is known for her humorous and gentle words of encouragement to other keepers of the home. She is happily married to Randy and the mother of 8 children. A popular homeschool convention speaker and author, Lorrie is also the publisher of TEACHmagazine.