Hebrews 12: 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Christ offers peace and security, and the devil also offers his brand of peace and security. And thus, the basic format he used in the temptation in the wilderness, is what he regurgitates and he offers to all of earth’s inhabitants, on condition that they bow down, in some form or another. This leads us to our study for today: What would you sell your birthright for. In Esau’s case, the Bible says that he sold his birthright for a simple pot of lentils.
Esau bowed down to the pangs of hunger, and instead of controlling his appetite, he allowed his appetite to control him. But when you dig a little deeper, you would observe that much more than mere food was involved. The service of God, the prayer meeting, and the Sabbath school class were viewed by Esau as an unwelcome restraint on his freedoms. Thus, when he got rid of the birthright, he felt relieved from the burden that was on his shoulders.
Serving God was more of a burden than a joy, and being lightly esteemed by him, food was the means whereby the devil got him to bow down, and by so doing, Esau exchanged his eternal life for a bowl of soup. The soup tasted really good, and he felt good as he ate, but he would later deeply regret the trade he had made, because it was irreversible. The reason why the Bible says the deal was sealed and irreversible, is because Esau made a conscious adult decision, after thinking it through.
Hebrews 12:17 For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!