Chapter 27 is the story of a dysfunctional family and yet, God's will is done. As Spurgeon writes,
"The whole story reflects no credit upon any of the persons concerned. It certainly brings no credit to Isaac — he was a true Believer in God, but he was a man of an easy-going, gentle spirit who did not control his household as he ought to have done. And it appears that in his later days he craved dainty dishes to tempt his appetite — "savory meat," such as he asked Esau to prepare for him — and so he did not wait upon God for guidance as to the bestowal of his paternal blessing but, in direct opposition to the Divine purpose, determined to give the blessing to the son whom God had not chosen. It was a bad thing for the household to be divided as it was — the husband and wife at cross purposes — Rebekah seeking the blessing for her favorite son and Isaac preferring the bolder spirit of the wilder man. I cannot excuse either Rebekah or Jacob. They were acting very wickedly in trying to get Isaac’s blessing by fraud and falsehood. Neither can I justify Esau, for he was trying to keep what he had sold to his brother and what he had despised and contemptuously called, "this birthright."
So take heart! If the Lord can love such imperfect people as these, He certainly loves you! Join me in reading Genesis 27 and be encouraged!
