Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger;" according to Genesis 25:23. Esau was entitled to the inheritance from his father because he was the firstborn. Yet he put his immediate need over his future promise. God placed a skill and a purpose on the inside of him in which he devalued. Esau negligently negotiated his inheritance. He sold his future for a pot of stew to his entrepreneurial brother Jacob. Jacob was a shrewd businessman that God never rebuked. The unscrupulous business deal was allowed to transpire. I have often wondered why because God never reprimanded Jacob scripturally yet he reproved Esau. We are quick to judge Esau for failing to see the value of his birthright. Why didn't he understand the importance of his purpose? Why did Esau not value his birthright? Why was he willing to give up his future without patiently waiting for the end results? He was unable to control his appetite. Esau overlooked his skillfulness to “kill game" by being distracted with his immediate need to eat. Had hunger not been in the equation he would have realized; "Jacob was only capable of selling him back what he had the ability to get and create." Jacob used a crafty poverty mindset technique against his older brother. He used what I deem as a "Pharaoh Business principle by taking what another man created and charging him to eat at his own table." We all have the capacity to have an Esau moment. I believe none of us are above forgetting our potential in the midst of trying to fulfill our daily needs. When we are desperate, broke and without fiscal means our focus becomes how do we pay this bill, how to provide for our family, and not on what skill do we have in our hands to eliminate our needs. Esau was a hunter which clearly meant he was highly skilled at killing wild game. Esau had the ingredients necessary for making the pot of stew. When our needs are rooted in our appetite it can cause us to blindly and ignorantly squander our seed. We tend to compromise when we are under pressure. It's been stated to never eat your seed or your harvest. I am guilty of almost selling my business techniques to an individual who saw the value in my creative ability by putting a price on my gift on the basis of my circumstances. My challenge is to explicitly never do business hungry. When you do you will be taken advantage of like Esau. “You will make a long-term decision on a temporary circumstance." Dr. A R Bernard. More importantly the Pharaoh's of this entrepreneurial world will put you on the auction block and sell you to highest bidder when you don't know the value of your gift, talents, skills and abilities.
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