Words of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 30 Jan 2009

Words of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 30 Jan 2009

Let God define love in your life – a bowl of lentil stew As we continue our series on love defined by God and no one else, I hope that today’s words of encouragement would remind us all how much our Lord loves us. Just for a bowl of lentil stew, Esau gave up his birthright. Another way of looking at this is, Esau valued his birthright as much as a bowl of soup. As hungry and thirsty as we may be, would you give up your birthright for a bowl of stew? Genesis 25:34 says, “So Esau despised his birthright.” Today, I pray that we would never forget what love is through this story on a bowl of lentil stew. God has created each one of us uniquely. He loves us all so much that we all have an individual purpose and reason for living. However, not everyone will lead and some will serve. Genesis 25:23 Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger. In my opinion, in order for us to define love in our lives through our Father, we must be able to accept and love what God has given us as our birthright. If we are unable to accept our birthright, we will never be able to fully love God. Today, are we selling our birthrights for a bowl of lentil soup? Is life too hard? Are we not good enough? We want a different birthright and not what God has given us, have we totally missed the meaning of life, just for a bowl of soup? © 2009 Lee Shaun Tzen. www.everynation.org.sg archive: www.shauntzen.blogspot.com