“Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”

Genesis 25:32

“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.” - Donald Barnhouse

While Jacob lived up to his name “trickery,” and demonstrated cunning dealings with his brother in the present for a better future, Esau showed contempt for his future for immediate satiation.

Aren’t we sometimes guilty of doing the same as Esau?

Do I:

• Carelessly make fleshly transactions with my spiritual inheritance?
• Foolishly trade present, and future blessings for the discounted rate and substandard quality of what the current culture offers?
• Care more about the now of my life or the later of my life?

The security of our inheritance began when we, by faith, trust Christ as our Savior. Our spiritual inheritance is ours to experience now. We can live: 

• Free from the power of sin. (Romans 6:14)
• Secure in our heavenly future. (Romans 6:23)
• Confident in every heavenly spiritual blessing. (Ephesians 1:3)
• Righteous lives, because we are righteous. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

With this, and more, as our inheritance available to us now, why would gamble, and trade for something less than and temporary?

For the “and more” click here: Ephesians 1:3-14 

What blessing it must be for God to see His children living in the later mindset while in the here and now.

I wonder if Isaac ever knew the part Rebekah played in the deception.

Am I more concerned about the now or the later?

Do I carelessly make fleshly transactions with my spiritual inheritance?