📖 Jacob was boiling pottage (lentil stew) one day, when Esau came from the field and was faint [with hunger].
And Esau said to Jacob, I beg of you, let me have some of that red lentil stew to eat, for I am faint and famished! That is why his name was called Edom [red].
Jacob answered, Then sell me today your birthright (the rights of a firstborn).
Esau said, See here, I am at the point of death; what good can this birthright do me?
Jacob said, Swear to me today [that you are selling it to me]; and he swore to [Jacob] and sold him his birthright.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and drank and rose up and went his way. Thus Esau scorned his birthright as beneath his notice.
—Genesis 25:29-34 AMPC
Esau sold his birthright for some soup. One’s birthright gave them authority, special blessings, the father’s blessing, and a great name, and many other things. Esau traded all of that for beans, peas, and lentils. We must learn a lesson from Esau. We cannot trade what we want the most for what we see in the moment. Esau traded his inheritance (which included wealth) for some soup. He made a decision in the flesh, and it cost him. We cannot afford to make the same type of mistakes in our own lives. Many times, people will entertain sin and that sin costs them something. It cost them their job, their marriage, their standard of living, even their good name, all because of what they saw at that moment. Let us make good decisions. Let's make decisions that bring rewards, not regret.
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