Jacob’s Struggle With His Position

Let us muse today from Jacob’s life in Genesis 25:21-23 and 27. We find here his ‘Struggle With His Position‘. In verses 21-23 we find his position was ‘accounted through birth’. His mother was told, though he be the second born, he would have all the rights of the first born. We find in verse 27 the position was ‘accounted through becoming’. Jacob was a spiritual man and Esau was the fleshly man. The boys grew and became. Esau, a man of the field or earth, and Jacob, plain, upright, complete, and undefiled. He was a tent dweller or pilgrim passing through this world. Let us not struggle with living here, but let our theme be, ‘This world is not my home, I’m just passing through’. Let us not struggle with this world but let us press on and not desire to be rooted deeper in this world.