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TITLE: “Divine GUIDANCE”
INSPIRATION: The difference between Esau and Jacob’s life!
Psalm 25:5 “Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.”
Esau and Jacob were born on the same day, raised by the same mother and father; they got the same training but both lived totally different lives. While one raised a generation of God’s people, the other raised a generation against God’s people. Why were these twins so different in purpose? From studying their lifestyles, I soon realised that Esau never had any promise from God to guide in his lifetime, he never seek God in anything he was going to do, he discerned on his own on how he would live his life. For instance, Esau initially married two Canaanites women, these women gave his father and mother so much trouble that they told his twin brother Jacob, to not marry from these women. Esau now realized he was in the wrong because Genesis 28:8-9 says “It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.So Esau visited his Uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had”. He could have avoided such trauma if he seeks DIVINE GUIDANCE, if not that he discerned from Jacob’s GUIDANCE; he would have made the same mistake again! This is how the life of a person not guided by God turns out to be! Full of mistakes, wrong paths and definitely, destruction!
DIVINE GUIDANCE can come through your parents, a man of God, the HolySpirit, the Word of God, from anyone God has divinely sent to you! I can rightly assume also that Esau may have been warned against marrying one of those women but he didn’t listen. Divine Guidance is as powerful in your life as your purpose! The psalmist said in Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground’. The Psalmist desired to go in only God’s will and direction, to be led by the Spirit of God! You must also desire DIVINE GUIDANCE, SEEK IT and seek God in all that you do, so, that you don’t end up being against God rather than being for God.
#Thoughtoftheday
Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Have a lovely day!