The Brother

Genesis 27 Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing. Esau said, He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. Then he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son? Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

How cunning are life and circumstances. How crafty is our enemy. Like a thief he steals from us, robs us of our inheritance and the life our father has longed to bequeath us. How can it be that our Father could have created one who chose to become so evil. How is it that our brother,so to speak, chose such a different pathway and turned forever his face from His father and grew into this formidable enemy who chooses to live this life of destruction. Greed is a very powerful motivator. Make no mistake, have no doubt of this...Satan does not seek only to harm you. He lives to destroy you.

Sometimes he almost succeeds. Today, like Esau, I cry to my Father, what is left for me? My brother has taken my birthright and now my blessing. What remains for me, my Father.

And so He speaks...but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.

When you are ready Connie you will break away. You will leave the yoke of this life, break the bonds of slavery and be free to walk a different path. Life, bad choices, the enemy, they have all conspired to rob you of your birthright and blessing but I have not given you over to destruction. I have not given you up to death. I have reserved for you a blessing, a new hope, a treasure in life, a work to be done and a place in My kingdom. A life that will not fade away.