Selling Your Birthright

What have you sold your Birthright for today? The temporary thrill of sin can never replace the blessing of walking in God's peace, favor and presence. Sadly, like Esau in Gen 27:36, once you have sold your birthright, you will begin to lose God's blessing on your life.

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright: and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? Gen. 27:36

Before we look with contempt at Esau, we must look at ourselves. When we as Christians are unfaithful in our worship and our work or service, we forfeit our right to an inheritance. It may be rightfully said of us, as it was of Esau, that we have sold our birthright; that we have despised our birthright and become profane.

Things which cause Christian to sell their Birthright: the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, pride of life, pleasure of the world, cares of this world, the desire for riches, and the desire to be popular. These things will cause some to lose their sense of responsibility and fidelity to God and His word; to desire present gratification of fleshly desires with not regard to the consequences both on this earth and eternally. By unfaithfulness and disobedience the true value of life will be blinded. Christians give up thir soul's salvation fot a small amount of pleasure. There will a time when those selling their birthright today will understand the true value of their soul's salvation.

The nations that inherited the birthright blessings of Abraham are presently on a downward path. If our people do not change their ways, we will suffer the same fate as the ancient Israelites. God will turn away the excellency (remove the birthright blessings) of modern Israel. The greatness of the English-speaking nation to be removed.

For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. Nah. 2:2

God had a special relationship with the descendants of Jacob. Because of this special relationship, if the people would not fulfil their part of the covenant, God would chasten them. Disobedience brings punishment.

Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:1-3

God will judge us according to our ways. The major English-speaking nations of the world have been loosing their vast wealth in a direct parallel with the decline of morality in the land. We are fast becoming nations of moral decay and spiritual rot!

We are unthankful people, who believe that we have gotten our vast wealth because we worked so hard for it. This is "the Amnerican way!" We believe that success is by our own efforts, not realizing that the only reason we have such abundance and national wealth to work with is that we were given this by God in fulfillment of promises made to Abraham. God says that because of rebellion against Him, we have turned Him into our enemy instead of our protector.

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Isa 63:10