NUGGETS ON’ DIVINE’ CALLING 7

NUGGETS ON’ DIVINE’ CALLING 7

New week blessings everyone, thanks to all those that have been tuning in to listen to my Radio Talk show” Heart to love with Fola” and  thanks to those that have shared  their  testimonies of our the show has been a blessing to  them. I am deeply honored and I give all the Glory to God for what He is doing and has started to do in all our lives , He that began the  good work will complete it all in our lives in Jesus name. Amen .Now to the conclusion on my series on Divine calling:

In the course of discovering our calling, we may have to make certain decisions to accommodate our discovery. This could be either stopping our secular job, retaining our secular job but now with God and Godly focus in it, retiring from our secular job or making other significant changes The Holy Spirit may direct and lead us to take in accomplishing and fulfilling our discoveries.

The point to note here is once our motives and our heart conditions once they are right and pure, we would not feel any guilt for taking whatever decision we took just so we can fulfill our calling properly. Once we are about doing God’s business for kingdom sake, God will elevate us whether we like it or not. So whether it is fame, promotion, more money or more opportunities that comes along our way as a result of our obedience to the call, we should not resist the blessing or feel in anyway guilty. Remember our God is God of increase and He always rewards our obedience to Him with increase.

“These are some  practical examples whereby people changed their vocation, course of direction after discovering their calling. 1. A very successful rhythm and blues singer after getting saved   discovered her assignment, stopped   playing and dancing in the club and then changed to singing Gospel music. 2. A medical doctor decides to quit medicine and go into full time ministry after discovering his calling in God to be a preacher of the Gospel.3. A woman   that lost her only child   right after having her birth adopts a baby, and then adopts another one after discovering her calling several years later; she quits her 9-5 job and start running her own foster care agency business. 4. A movie star that is successful and doing well in Hollywood ,after discover his calling ; he starts using his gift, talents and abilities to reach out to the lost in the film and sex industry in an evangelistic ,comical  way.5. A woman that was abused as a teen who later discovered in life that she’s called to  minister to abused people then set up a resource and help ministry to help them regain their self-love, self-forgiveness and promote their well-being”.

For those that are called to ministry, the following things are ways to recognize that you are being called to minister to God’s people .1. You always have a deep passion to reach out to the lost and the unsaved.2. Whatever angers God angers you.3.Whoever rebels against God angers you.3. You are willing to go the extra mile and do the unusual in faith, even when it activates the devil.4.You really want to know more about God the Father, Son and The Holy Spirit. God’s presence inspires you.5. You are willing to learn from other mentors, Men and Women of God and the Holy Spirit. You want to read more about the things of God and you are willing to invest your time in all these activities.6. You just want to serve in any area of capacity that you see the need. (Servant heart).7. The one thing that really that satisfies and gives you joy is preaching or teaching The Gospel.

 2Peter1:3
[Confirming One’s Calling and Election] His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

Hebrews 3:1

wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.

Whatever we do, once our eyes are fixed on Jesus, we will not miss out on anything in our calling.

Colossians 1:9-13[Jesus Greater Than Moses] Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.

Ephesians 4:4 there is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.

Ephesians 1:18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

1 Corinthians 1:26 for ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.

1 Corinthians 7:20
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

Eph4:1
[Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ] as a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Philippians 3:14
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Psalms 37:23 The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. I hope all these nuggets have blessed anyone out there wondering about his calling/assignment. Yes, God has a calling and assignment for everybody but we all have to individually make time and effort to discover these callings. These are just foundation basics on divine calling. For those that have not yet discovered their calling, Temitope  Altarof Worship on Facebook; A dynamic Woman of God is presently organizing a continuous,  forum with extensive courses running on Discovering your calling on Facebook. Check her forum out and be mightily blessed. She was live on my show on May 3.

2 Thessalonians 1:11
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. AMEN

Watch out for  my next series I will share various nuggets of wisdom on the Word of God.

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NUGGETS ON’ DIVINE’ CALLING 6

Today am continuing on the series on “Divine Calling.” This is a dear topic to my heart because until we find out and begin fulfilling our calling in life, everything else we do is irrelevant.

 Our   divine calling may sometimes be linked with our secular vocation, our skills, knowledge, abilities, gifts and talents .These are all what God uses in training us before we launch into our spiritual calling. Our secular jobs are the training grounds for our spiritual calling. It is therefore important to take our secular job seriously with diligence, commitment and faithfulness. Often times in The Bible God trains and uses people in their secular job before promoting them to their divine calling.  These are examples of some people in their other jobs before they were called by God; Such as Abraham was an idol worshipper before God called him out to be a worshipper of God, David and Moses were shepherding sheep before they became Shepherds to God’s Great people. Joseph was an expert in interpreting dreams before he got his promotion to the palace, from pit to prison then palace. Deborah was a prophetess, wife and a judge in Israel.

Other times  God also  uses people with flaws, so don’t think because you have some flaws then God cannot use you.That’s not true at all, some examples  of such are Noah, who  was a drunk but God still used him, Rahab was a harlot, Moses stammered,  Jacob was a trickster, Gideon came from the weakest tribe and he was the least in his family but God still called and used him as judge and  he defeated the Midianite, Simon Peter denied Jesus three times but he ended up being used by God with miracles ,signs and wonders . Apostle Paul  was formerly  Saul that  used to kill and persecute Christians. All these shows us that God can call and use anybody he desires to use regardless of their inadequacies in the flesh/physical. Once these men and women discovered their calling, they went about doing it.

The following are other features of the divine calling; it is unique for individuals, cannot be achievable without depending on God and His Grace. In our own strength and ability, we cannot get into our calling, we need God. God calls whosoever he wants, we are never qualified before he calls us, his calling qualifies us .He chooses whoever he wishes to choose. That’s why He is God and not man.  Attaining our calling is possible as long as one is coachable and teachable to God the Father, Son and The Holy Spirit and our spiritual mentors that He brings along our path. We need to be submitted to their leadership/mentorship and be accountable   to them. Calling demands from us faithful services to mentees, diligence to all the Spirit led appointments He brings along our ways, and faithful discharge of duties to all that God has assigned us to do in our walk with him, stewardship to other great men and women of God and others. It requires lots of personal discipline and integrity in our individual   lives and in our homes/job/business  and constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit so we can discern the moments, seasons and times of our lives as well as the people he will be bringing across our paths during these cycles; They are not a mistake ,co incident or accident meeting, they are part of the paths we have to faithfully cross with love, endurance and patience to help us in discovering and in fulfilling  our calling.

It is therefore necessary to get rid of the flesh in our love walk and inter personal relationship and dealings with people, so that we will not lose out on friendship with our God assigned helpers of destiny. It will require us moving out of our comfort zones and this may hurt our emotions and flesh from time to time. We just need to die to self and the flesh daily so that we can hear clearly from God and be able to enjoy the journey rather than enduring it. Creating an atmosphere of Worship and praise invites and invokes    the interruptions of the promptings of the Holy Spirit into our daily activities. God can also speak to us about our calling/assignment   during such moments. He leads guides and directs us on what to do next. 

Remember whatever we subject ourselves to eventually master us, so if we subject ourselves to being led by the Spirit,  the Holy Spirit become our master  and same way if , we subject ourselves to being led by our flesh , the devil becomes our master.

 Calling requires our obedience to God and every time we obey, God guarantees and commands increase to come into our lives. God always reward our obedient act with increase in our level of wisdom, finances and relationships. The same way disobedience is costly and it attracts loss and decrease. Therefore  it is always good to be quick to repent of the works of the flesh and to  not let our heart be hardened to the voice of the Spirit, if not one would not be able to receive spiritual instructions because our spiritual antennae’s have been clogged due to too much sins/works of the flesh.
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NUGGETS ON’ DIVINE’ CALLING 5

Showers of Wednesday Blessings to you all, i do hope you are all enjoying the midweek.Enjoy my continuation on my series on Divine calling;

"SOME   WISDOM LESSONS FROM OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS DIVINE CALLING"

Our Master, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ knew what he was born to accomplish. He discovered and started doing it at a very early age. He developed a passion for doing what he was born to do and taught daily in the temple.

Luke 2:39:50 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰ And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

The Boy Jesus at the Temple

⁴¹ Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. ⁴² When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. ⁴³ After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. ⁴⁴ Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. ⁴⁵ When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. ⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷ Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸ When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

⁴⁹ “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” ⁵⁰ But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

 Luke 19:47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him.

Matthew 26:55. In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize me.

Jesus was also blessed doing what He was born to be doing, contrary to some false teachings Our Lord Jesus Christ was not a poor man. The proof that he was blessed is found in the fact that He had a treasurer (Judas) who was also stealing money from his treasury.

John 12:1-6.  Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ² Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. ³ Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

⁴ But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, ⁵ “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages. ⁶ He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Our Lord Jesus Christ    never allowed the devil to distract him with all his temptations. He was focused, he knew who he was in God and He knew how to use the Word to defeat the devil.

Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ² After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. ³ The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ⁶ “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
    and they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”

⁷ Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹ “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

We would also face a lot of distractions while in our journey of our calling but we should never allow the enemy and his distractions to make us lose our focus, our stance and our calling/relationship with God.

Jesus did all He had to do in   his obedience first to his earthly parents at the young age: God rewarded him with wisdom.

Luke2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.

 He did not disrespect his earthly and heavenly parents. He waited until age of thirty and his appointed timing before starting his ministerial calling. Same way we ought to be obedient to God, our earthly and spiritual fathers. We should not step out a little bit too early or too late, the calling is always attached with times and seasons, once we are obedient and honest with God and our fellow men ,things will fall in line and in our favor.

Jesus fully obeyed God even to the death on the cross, went to hell and resurrected on the third day so we can live a victorious life. We too in our individual lives, have to obey God fully not partially not just when it is convenient for us to obey .Just like our Master Jesus, we may also have to go through some tough Fridays and Saturdays before we get to our resurrection Sundays.

Calling requires a lot of hard work,training prayers, and steadfastness with God, long-suffering, patience and endurance.

Luke2:46-52 after three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.  Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.  When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you. ”Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house? But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

It is God that does the calling not man and He alone takes the honor not man.

Hebrews 5:4 and no one take this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.

2 Timothy  1:9 who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

God himself distributes the calling not man.

Ephesians 4:1-2 as a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. ² Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Ephesians 4:11-14 Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ^to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

The calling eventually brings us to a place of maturity in God.

God   calls us regardless of whom we think we are what we think we can do or cannot do and He never changes his mind on us even if we choose to go in another direction or course for our lives.

Romans  11:29 for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

The Holy Spirit in us leads us by his Spirit but we have to make a free will choice on moving and doing or not to move and do. God does not manipulate a person to do things for him, that’s the devil’s tool; manipulation, deception and trickery are weapons of the devil not God’s way at all. God desires for us to be willing to yield unto his calling and bidding on our own volition .He never forces his will on us.

The Calling may require many times of being alone with God, spending time with God, separation and consecration. As we make a habit of spending time with God, He will reveal the hidden things to us, he will also reveal some characters of the flesh in us from which we have to change from, these processes will place demands of shifting, moving and transformation necessary before God can use us in the level of what and where He wants to use us .The anointing of God comes with great responsibility and God will only release as much as we can bear at the level we are with him. The more closer we get to him, the more mature we begin to get in Spiritual things and the more God can trust us with bigger responsibilities/anointing. Remember God cares and loves us too much so He will only give to us what will be a blessing to us and not a burden to us.

To whom much is given much is expected.

Luke 12;48 b From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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THE HIDDEN REASONS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO NUGGETS ON MOTIVES 7B CONCLUSION

THE HIDDEN REASONS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO NUGGETS ON MOTIVES 7B CONCLUSION

Blessings everyone, I hope you all are having a great day so far. If   anyone is  experiencing any challenges today, be rest assured that God is just setting you up for uncommon miracles. The next series will be on getting our miracles through and by  the Wisdom of God.
 Below are the remaining   few examples from the Word of God on some people that did some things(good and bad) with the wrong motives in The Bible.

Example 4: Uzziah " did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like (i.e. he didn't do his works like) David his father”. God saw through his deeds that all he was doing was not with the right heart/motive.

2 Kings 14:3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

 2 Chronicles 25:2 he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

Example Five: The Pharisees did all the works, but in their hearts they never knew God nor believed in Jesus as the Christ... In God's eyes; they did not work at all:

 “Do not follow after their works; for they say, and do not”.

Matthew   23:3 so you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Example Six: Eli did rebuke his sons; but in God’s eyes he didn't  He said words for the sake of saying words, but in his heart he didn't frown upon them. Eli appeared to discipline his sons. But he couldn't have really done this from his heart, or he wouldn't have been condemned for not controlling them.

1 Samuel 2: 22-24 Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle. ²³ Eli said to them, “I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning? ²⁴ You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the Lord’s people are not good.

1 Samuel 2:27-35 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? ²⁸ I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites.²⁹ Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

³⁰ “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained. ³¹ The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, ³² and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age. ³³ Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

³⁴ “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day. ³⁵ I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always.

Example Seven: Cain murdered Abel as a result of his evil intention and his jealousy.

Genesis 4:8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field. While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

I John 3:12 do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brothers’ were righteous.

Motivators are the things that make us do whatever we want to do, the motivators can be either good or bad.

The following are bad examples of   motivators.

Bad Motivators: Greed, self- recognition, jealousy, envy, pleasing people rather than pleasing God, seeking promotion, competitive spirit, lasciviousness, seeking approval of others, seeking applause, bitterness, hatred, insecurity ,revenge, selfishness, and fear. 

Good Motivators: seeking to please God, doing things in obedience to God’s instruction, helping another in achieving their God given goals with no ulterior motives, stepping out in faith, to produce good fruits in others, living freely as moved by God’s Spirit, doing things in pure love, walking to be a blessing to others, to fulfill all righteousness as a duty unto others, being obedient to God’s Words. People with a pure heart will always see God. Matthew 5:8.Doing things as unto the Lord provide a check on our motives too.

Colossians 1:10so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.We should let the spirit renew our thoughts and attitudes from time to time; this also helps in  purify our motives.

Ephesians 4:22-23    You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds. Remember that God‘s eyes are everywhere, he’s keeping his eyes watching both the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter .Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

May God help us all strive to do the right thing at the right time with the right motives and right intentions in Jesus name. Amen

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THE HIDDEN REASONS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO:MOTIVES 7A

THE HIDDEN REASONS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO NUGGETS ON MOTIVES 7A

Blessings everyone, I hope you all are having a blossoming weekend so far. Today am continuing on the series” The Hidden reasons why we do what we do”.

I will show you few examples from the Word of God on some   people that did some things with the wrong motives in The Bible.

Some were good things others were bad things.

Remember that the Holy Bible is a book for correction, reproof and training to equip us all for good works.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. ¹⁷ God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

 Example One: David planned for Uriah to be put in the fiercest part of the battle so he can be killed in the battle and then David took over his wife Bathsheba.

2 Samuel 12:9 Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.

Example Two: The Jews begged Jeremiah to tell them God’s words after he did, they refused to do what the word said they should do and they lost their zeal for the Word because it wasn’t pleasing to them.

Jeremiah 42:4-6. All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the Lord your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do! ⁶ Whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.

 Jeremiah 44:16-17.  “We will not listen to your messages from the Lord! We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

Example Three: Rebekah’s apparent zeal against marriage out of the faith was really a cover for her desire to save her son from problems which she had only herself to blame for all that will eventually happen to Jacob.

Genesis   27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”

Remember how she also connived with her Son Jacob to deceive their father Isaac to get Esau (His elder brother’s) blessings in   Genesis 27:5-23 But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game, ⁶ she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau, ⁷ ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’⁸ now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. ⁹ Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish. ¹⁰ Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”

¹¹ “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.¹² What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”

¹³ But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”

¹⁴ So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it. ¹⁵ Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob. ¹⁶ She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats. ¹⁷ Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.

¹⁸ So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.

“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”

¹⁹ Jacob replied, “Its Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”

²⁰ Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.

²¹ Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”²² So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said

“Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.

Rebecca tried to do the right thing in the wrong way. What we do is as important as how we do it and why we are doing it.

Romans 14:16 therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

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