1. Getting ahead can tempt us to compromise.
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.” Genesis 27:19
Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
Genesis 27:20
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak
truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. Ephesians 4:25
2. Getting our way can cost the people we love.
Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!” Genesis 27:33
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud
and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my
father!” Genesis 27:34
…not looking to your own interests but each of you to the
interests of the others. Philippians 2:4
3. Trusting God means surrendering the outcome.
“I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!” Genesis 27:33
“Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
Genesis 27:35
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only. Matthew 4:10