Families are precious. Sowing good will — or bad — engenders peace — or disease.
Esau was a discontented man and chose to cause further discontentment. Esau stokes the fire through marriage, yet again…
Preparing the Bride for GOD’s Story
How do we prepare as the Bride of Christ? One aspect is to learn GOD’S STORY. He created us in His image…. Piece by piece, and peace by peace, we learn to walk as He has walked. And we learn His perspective.
Genesis 28:6-9
“Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,” and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram. Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.”
Some people try hard but move in the wrong direction, time and again. So it is with Esau.
After marrying two women who gave a lot of grief to Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26), Esau observed Jacob’s obedience to his parents to obtain a wife. Esau doesn’t copy Jacob (Ah, if Esau had married Rachel’s sister Leah, that would have avoided a lot of pain in the family) but he does stir the pot further by marrying the offspring of Abraham’s rejected son…. Is it just to annoy his brother? And his nephew? Go figure!
Honour your parents
The value of walking within the LORD’s guidance, and honouring our parents, cannot be understated. Nor can the damage of walking in our own reason and will be understated.
Marriage is an important decision. Let’s aim to follow GOD’s guidance and His leadership, His will for our lives and for those of our children, so that we may live in peace and harmony within our family circle.