33 Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I BLESSED HIM – AND INDEED HE WILL BE BLESSED!’ Genesis 27
Isaac knew that the blessing he’d spoken over Jacob would be ratified, his words had real power and authority over the future course of his son’s life and he couldn’t reverse them. The blessing of an earthly father/parent is certainly very important and powerful if pronounced in sincerity and with true intent. We should definitely seek our father’s blessing in humility if that’s still available to us.
Isaac’s blessing given to Jacob in Genesis 27 was a powerful blessing and as he said left little for him to bestow upon Esau (Esau represents a type of THIS WORLD).
37 Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’ Genesis 37
I believe that the younger generation should seek their father’s blessing and if there’s been a rift between parents and offspring, they should ask for forgiveness of their parent(s). Even if the parent(s) have passed on, there may still be a benefit to repent and say sorry for hasty words and actions, to cancel our words and say sorry to those we should have honoured and respected.
8 Esau then realised how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; 9 so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had. Genesis 28
Esau deliberately set out to upset and antagonise his parents, Isaac and Rebekah, by entering into covenant with a pagan woman of the land. There is little thought today that marriage is still a covenant, a lifelong, binding agreement between two people. Esau and later Solomon, bound themselves to pagan women and their gods, displeasing the true God and creator of all.
Christian believers are uniquely positioned amongst all people on this earth to receive Double Blessings – the blessing of Abraham, the father of all who believe whom God blessed in all things.
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’ 14 He redeemed us in order that THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Galatians 3
We as believers can claim the promise God gave to Abraham as our father in the faith and this is also very worthwhile doing as the children of God.
‘Finally, LORD, I thank you that through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, I have passed out from under the curse and entered into the blessing of Abraham whom You blessed in all things: health, reproductiveness, prosperity, victory, God’s favour and God’s friendship. Amen (Derek Prince Ministries, Proclamation Card for Protection)
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.