– And Issac said to Esau, prepare for me a venison : Genesis 27 : 1 – 40.
– And Elijah said to the widow of Zarephath :
Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. (1 Kings 17 : 1 – 15)
1 Kings 17 : 7 – 16.
– And Noah prepared a sweet smelling savour unto the Lord : Genesis 8 : 20 – 22.
– And Abraham said to Sarah, prepare a meal for the three men : Genesis 18 : 1 – 16.
All these meals ended in blessings, which are repeated over and over in Bible stories.
Isaac was approximately 137 years old, when he blessed Jacob. Also Isaac was 60 when Jacob and his twin brother Esau were born. Jacob was around 77 years old when he received the blessing from his father.
Isaac died at the age of 180, making him the longest-lived of the three biblical patriarchs. This means that Isaac lived a further 43 years after blessing Jacob.
Jacob therefore, lived in the blessing of his father for 43 years while Isaac was still alive.
Isaac thought he will soon die and that was why he moved forward to bless Esau.
THE MORAL LESSON OF THIS SERMON TODAY :
“TAKE QUICK STEPS WHEN THE NEED IS THERE.”
You could call your father for a surprise dinner, surprised lunch, or for an outing. The blessing of the father to the children may come earlier than you might imagine.
Some have hastily written their fathers out of the land of the living, not recognising that fatherly blessings are not just money. Some pursue physical inheritance and neglect pronouncements of the fathers.
-Noah gave God sacrifice of animals.
-Abraham prepared a meal.
-Jacob prepared a venison.
– the widow of Zareohsth prepared cakes.
All the blessings in them came by utterances to the one that received the meals. Fatherly blessings which count come from pronuncements by the fathers.
HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DO WE PREPARE THE VENISON.
Such could be at home, or at an eatery, or at the neighbourhood and It should be now.
Let your father walk with you in the garden.
Most children do not learn. If Esau had prepared to give the father a surprise treat, at an outing, Rebecca would have not heard what Issac had planned to do and would not arrange that food that denied Esau his blessing.
Surprise gifts can do a miracle. When you keep planning and never achieving a surprise gift, to your Father, note that no one has all the time on earth to do surprise gifts.
Noah was prompt, in making a sacrifice to the Lord of a sweet smelling savour when he came out of the ark.
8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8 : 20 – 22).
THE DANGER OF BEING LATE IN ACTION.
The venison of Esau came to Isaac late, but Jacob was prompt and robbed Esau of the blessing.
Isaac thought he was about,to die and needed to bless his son Esau who had always been by him.
The blessing of a father can come at any time so also the curse.
Jacob cursed Reuben for stepping on his bed with one of the concubines, though being the first son the blessing which was for him was transfered to Judah.
There is great power in utterances. When God says we should not curse, but bless, He is talking about power in utterances.
What you can do today is better and greater than planning to buy a surprise aircraft for your parents or for a loved one which may never materialise.
OFTEN SOME DELAYED GIFTS COME WHEN THE RECEIPIENT DOES NOT NEED IT AND THEREFORE THE UTTERANCE TO BLESS WILL NOT COME.
The dress you should have bought for your father at 60, you now buy at 90. You are like mocking him.
Gather your harvest at their seasons. Any harvest you miss in its season you may have to wait for the next year, when that crop brings its fruit again and who knows whether the season will come for everyone again.
What you do as a surprise, to a loved one, or to your parents, can lead into surprise utterances of blessings, which you can never get from a Father, at a better time you might have configured in your mind.
In the same vein a bad attitude you displayed today can rob you promotion in your office of work or even your parents.
People can print your attitude in their memory and on the day to bless you some one says, he is bad mannered.
Beware.
Prayer :
Lord grant me the grace to give to someone a gift at the appropriate time, when the ovation will be loud and clear.
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