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THE BIRTHRIGHT - The Abomination of a Husband Series 002
Genesis 25:30, KJV
"30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright."
There's only one thing that contest is currently over. It is your birthright or let's simply say right. What is the "birthright?" If English is still English, then it is easy decoding. Birthright is made up of two separate words. They are "birth" + "right." So, it is rightly interpreted as all the rights that your being born avails you. The privileges you enjoy occasioned by your birth is what is called birthright. Birthright is also something owed since birth, due to inheritance. That is what Jacob's eyes was on. He wanted it though he was not the first born and when the opportunity to attempt having it presented itself, he explored it. That's why I said, "your birthright is what contest is over." That's what Satan wants you to forfeit. He wants you to forfeit the blessings and special privileges God created or allocated to you. The birthright are all privileges that anyone enjoys as a result of their birth by a person or into a family. They are occasioned just only by birth. In that manner, there are blessings God has occasioned to follow you. They are a sort of birthright. Contest will always be on them but you must refuse to lose or give them away.
In explaining the birthright which a first born enjoys, you'll need to see this. When Joseph hosts his brothers, they sit according to their birthright.
Genesis 43:33, KJV
"And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth..."
This is one of the privileges a first born enjoys. It becomes obvious he's first and as such distinguished from others. This might have been practiced at Isaac's dining as well. Esau might have been ranked and sat closer to the father, Isaac than Jacob. In this way, Jacob might have felt inferior and so sensed the importance of the birthright. He might have seen from this that the birthright puts importance on a first born and makes him enjoy preeminence which others don't enjoy.
For this reason, Jacob made no other request other than, "sell me your birthright." Why the birthright? Who educated Jacob on what to ask for? Somebody of his age ought still act carefree. He shouldn't have acted differently from Herodias' daughter who didn't know what to ask until the mother (a more experienced person) tutored her (Matt. 14:8). So, what made Jacob know rightly what to ask for? It's the fact that Jacob has suffered not being the first born. He has been thrown into the frenzy of envy and has experienced how privileged Esau is over him. On this ground, he knows what to ask for. He therefore goes for the birthright. He didn't ask for the game Esau would bring. No! He goes for the most essential that makes him preferred, most important and exalted.
That's what contest is over. Protect anything that gives you your uniqueness. It may be a gift or a blessing that's attached to your life. In one thousand encounters, that's what Satan wants to steal and have you lose (John 10:10). Your birthright is shock full with many potentials and privileges. You can't afford to lose it or have another take your office, position which naturally brings the graces, anointing and manifestation needed for your greatness. When Satan, strange ladies and sin is seeking after what is birthright to you, may you see this as the essence of your life that can't be forfeited.
PRAYER: Lord, give me understanding to see the importance of the outworking in me. May I not be duped or cheated out of any special gift or grace on me.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Malachi 3:1-4:6; Revelation 22:1-21; Psalm 150:1-6; Proverbs 31:25-31
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