Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and
blessed be everyone who blesses you!
Isaac attempted to usurp God's plan by blessing Esau instead of Jacob. Jacob attempted to usurp his father's plan by appearing before his father under the guise of his brother Esau. And in the midst of all this deception and rebellion was the sought after blessing. But blessings are received, not taken and God had communicated clearly from the beginning which son was to receive the baton. So Jacob cheats and tricks his way into a birthright and blessing that was already his and Isaac plots and plans to pass the privilege exclusively to Esau. But Jacob had already been chosen by God to receive the blessing. So all the maneuvers on either side counted for nothing toward the blessing.
Isaac attempted to usurp God's plan by blessing Esau instead of Jacob. Jacob attempted to usurp his father's plan by appearing before his father under the guise of his brother Esau. And in the midst of all this deception and rebellion was the sought after blessing. But blessings are received, not taken and God had communicated clearly from the beginning which son was to receive the baton. So Jacob cheats and tricks his way into a birthright and blessing that was already his and Isaac plots and plans to pass the privilege exclusively to Esau. But Jacob had already been chosen by God to receive the blessing. So all the maneuvers on either side counted for nothing toward the blessing.
I wonder if Jacob thought he was doing God some kind of favor by his deception - he knew he'd received the promise, but he couldn't imagine God doing it without him, so he took it into his own hands. It's what Abraham did with Hagar. I can totally relate, too. Waiting in faith is so much harder than simply taking what you know to be yours eventually, but you think should be yours NOW.
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