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Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
Genesis 25:34

Genesis 26:19-25There was a lot of well digging going on. I wonder how long it took to dig a well.

But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife [as] the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.

Deuteronomy 21:17 NKJV

Oh, how we so easily and quickly cheapen the cost of Calvary by sacrificing the future on the altar of the immediate.

We sell purity of mind, body, soul, and spirit.

• Mind:  by what we listen to and watch
• Body:  by what we put in our bodies, do to our bodies, and the neglect of our wellness
• Soul:   by what we try to achieve by the world’s standard of greatest and recognition
• Spirit: by serving and sacrificing to the gods of this world

Our inheritance

“History shows that men prefer illusions to realities, choose time rather than eternity, and the pleasures of sin for a season rather than the joys of God forever. Men will read trash rather than the Word of God, and adhere to a system of priorities that leaves God out of their lives. Multitudes of men spend more time shaving than on their souls; and multitudes of women give more minutes to their makeup than to the life of the eternal spirit. Men still sell their birthright for a mess of pottage.” – Dr. Donald Barnhouse

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Sacrifice the immediate for the future God has promised me.