Genesis 25:33

But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

From Background Notes [BN] for January 26th & 27th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

This is a story about cunning and transformation, and it undercuts any false illusions about the effectiveness of change-on-demand.  Oh, Jacob may have wrenched the birthright from Esau for “a mess of pottage,” but…

 
…he would not so easily win for himself the intended benefits. For those, he will need, not grasping, but the promise. He, too, will need to make an exchange, not with Esau, but with God.  [BN, 5]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am