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DESPERATENESS LOSES THE BARGAIN - Abomination of a Husband Series 005
Genesis 25:31-32, KJV
"31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?"
Are you there saying, "what profit shall this birthright do to me?" May you not wait to find out. Esau did and it wasn't succinct for him at all.
You have heard men say don't make decisions when you're elated, tired or depressed. I'll add one to it, don't make a decision when you're desperate.
Desperateness always loses the bargain.
Look at the banter and bargain between Jacob and Esau. Jacob took much advantage of Esau by thousands of miles. For I will ask, "what is a birthright compared to a plate of food? Is it not like wheat to chaff?"
Esau confesses his state when he says, "I am at the point of death..." That statement confirms his desperateness. The Bible uses a particular word to describe his hunger. It is the word, "famished." It means to have an empty stomach and you know what happens when even a vehicle runs on an empty tank. Due to his being famished and emptied of strength, having gone hunting for this while, he seeks desperately to refill. That's because his appetite is now asking for it. He therefore found it very hard to delay gratification or bargain commonsensically. Esau isn't at fault for trading for food from Jacob but he was at fault for trading with the most worthy thing in his life. Imagine the conflict. Jacob put a plate of food on the table and then Esau gave away his birthright for same. Even according to the law of barter, that wasn't a fair exchange. Somebody has therefore gained and extorted the other. However, should we blame Jacob wholly for this though we have discerned him as a man of impure motive? No! Esau has his fault. He has not mastered the principles and laws of trading at all. Jacob seems better at that. He must have learnt favourable bargaining from their mother who he often stays with at home and probably accompanies to the market.
For God's sake, does birthright equal even a pot of porridge in worth? So, why did Esau gave it for a plate of food in exchange? He was under desperateness. He's like a man with fire underneath his clothe. He'll seek to exterminate it right away at the slightest opportunity. This is why he was blinded seeing what great value he was putting on the table for one worthless meal that doesn't even worth the game he might have just arrived with from the jungle.
When you're desperate to have something, don't buy it. You won't price well. You'll be too pressed and pressurized to have it. In this way, the seller can extort you like Jacob extorted Esau. Avoid being desperate before you acquire properties and assets. You'll be bound by the spell of that desperateness. Also, never show obvious joy or admiration at bargaining point. That'll be lack of subtilty and the intentional giving of yourself away to be cheated by cunning traders. While you may have good intention and the right spirit, the world and his people are not. They're looking for how to cunningly have more from you.
May God teach you wisdom, subtilty, discretion and understanding. In life, you won't lose. In life, you'll come out with the best bargain. Things will favour you. While today's teaching advocates you guarding against being cheated, ensure you don't take undue advantage of any in trade as well. If you do, remember God who's the Judge between you both. Ensure you do to others what you'll like them do to you.
A word also to couples. Those of you spouses leveraging the desperateness of your partners to have sex to control or get the better of them are simply manipulators. If your husband for instance is desperate for sex and it's at that gate you issue your bargain, then you're not being just but rather practicing using what you have to get what you want. I want to believe all husbands are responsible as not to push any wife to this state also. May the Holy Spirit continue to teach us fairness and justness in our homes.
PRAYER: Lord, I receive the wisdom that comes from above. I receive justness and fairness. I excel in the use of money this year.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 5:1-7:24, Matthew 3:7-4:11, Psalm 3:1-8, Proverbs 1:10-19
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