08/27/2026
Nobody comes out looking good in Genesis 27…
Not Isaac. Not Rebekah. Not Jacob. Not Esau.
Isaac is fizzling out like a sparkler on the Fourth of July, so preoccupied with tasty food that it's mentioned six times in the passage. He knows what God declared before his sons were ever born, that the older will serve the younger, and he acts as if obedience to the word of God is optional anyway.
Rebecca overhears his plan and hatches a scheme. Jacob lies to his blind father three times. Esau, furious at losing the blessing, vows to kill his brother the moment their father dies.
Not a single person in this story demonstrates a loyal love for the Lord.
And yet God uses every bit of it.
Here's the big idea of the whole passage, God has an invincible determination to be faithful to his word, despite the unfaithfulness of his people. Rebekah and Jacob didn't need to scheme and deceive to get what God had already promised. The collusion wasn't necessary. God had already spoken. They just didn't trust him enough to wait on him.
Underneath every scripture passage are two divine questions. Do you trust me? Will you obey me? By their actions, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau all said no.
There are three principles of a life worth living. Live for the right one all your days, listen to the right one in all your ways, and love the right one and simply obey.
The only way to live a life worth living is with Jesus. Jesus and only Jesus makes your life worth living.