Waiting
Waiting can be difficult. New parents wait with anticipation for their new child to enter the world. Children wait with joy and excitement all night in Christmas Eve for Santa to come. We wait, sometimes impatiently, in a long line at a grocery store or sometimes all night for black Friday deals. Waiting is a part of life. Genesis 27 is where Isaac blessed Jacob in place of Esau. Jacob and his mother tricked Isaac to give the blessing to Jacob as opposed to Esau whom Isaac wanted to bless. This moment is where the genealogical line that carries the Abrahamic covenant is fulfilled. This blessing includes the transfer of the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 15). Jesus is born in the line of Jacob (Matthew 1:2). Esau, being the oldest, was in line to receive the patriarchal blessing. God informed Rebekah that the younger (Jacob) would rule over (Esau) the older (Genesis 25:23). Rather than having Rebekah and Jacob wait on God's timing to accomplish His purpose, Rebekah and Jacob come up with a plan to lie and steal the blessing meant for Esau. This also caused Esau to hate Jacob and caused a serious relationship divide for a long time (Genesis 27:41). Jacob and Rebekah should have waited in faith for God to accomplish His purpose and fulfill the genealogical line that carries the Abrahamic covenant in His own way. Lying, deceiving, and stealing are never part of God's plan but Jesus always was. God would have, in His own time and way, accomplished his purpose for the Abrahamic covenant to come out of Jacob as opposed to Esau. God wants us to wait on Him. Jacob and Rebekah stole the blessing as opposed to God getting His glory for accomplishing His sovereign purpose. When we wait on God, we are building our faith in God and God will receive the glory for accomplishing His purpose in our lives. God's timing is rarely early and never late. His timing for us is perfect just like God is. Let us not take matters into our own hands as hard as that seems. Rather we need to praise God, worship God and pray to God all while waiting for God to accomplish His will for our lives. To God be the Glory.