Esau was full of the manliest interests and occupations and pursuits. He was a very proverb of courage and endurance and success in the chase. He was the ruggedest, the brawniest, and the shaggiest of all the rugged, brawny, and shaggy creatures of the field and of the forest, among whom he lived and died. Esau had an eye like an eagle. His ear never slept. His foot took the firmest hold of the ground. And his hand was always full both of skill, and strength, and success. Esau's arrow never missed its mark. Burned black with the sun; beaten hard and dry with the wind; a prince of men; a prime favorite both with men, and women, and children, and with a good word and a good gift from the field for them all.
He had no sense of the spiritual, no eye for the unseen, no vision, only earthbound dreams. Holy things? He never thought that deeply. And that is why he could so blithely sell his birthright for Jacob's stew.
Esau is like so many I know today! They live for the moment and still prosper despite not knowing God. What I know is that despite wealth and status, these people have an empty space in their being that they can't escape.
Join me in reading Genesis 36 and be encouraged because God will fill the void if He's sought after.
I will out the remainder of this week traveling and will return on Monday the 17th.
