INTRODUCTION: We have all heard this story and a sermon of two about it. Esau the first born who does not value God’s blessing. Jacob the selfish conman who buys the birthright for a bowl of soup and some bread. Jacob later cons his father into blessing him. He later pulls a fast one on Laban, increasing his flock while decreasing Labans. It is only fitting that after working for 7 years and wakes up after the wedding married to the wrong woman. I was all set to spend time looking at how Esau disrespected the gifts of God and traded them, and how we often trade of the blessing of God for short term worldly things like money, sex, or power. But something drew me to Jacob.
1. JACOB IS AFTER GODS BLESSING
A. HE IS BORN GRABING ESAU’S HEAL TRYING TO GET THE BLESSING
B. HE GETS ESAU TO SELL IT FOR A BOWL OF SOUP AND BREAD
C. HE DECIEVES HIS FATHER INTO BLESSING HIM
D. HE WRESTLES WITH GOD UNTIL GOD BLESSES HIM
E. JACOB WANTS THE BEST FROM GOD
F. WHILE HIS METHODS ARE NOT COMENDABLE HIS DRIVE AND DESIRE ARE.
2. GOD BLESSIS THOSE WHO WILL GO FOR IT, RISK IT.
A. ABRAHAM WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS HOME
B. ABRAHAM WILLING TO GIVE UP ISAAC
C. MOSES TRIES TO FREE HIS PEOPLE
D. MOSES GOING TO THE BURNING BUSH
E. JOSHUA, GIDEON AND DAVID WHO ALL FOUGHT AMAZING ODDS
F. MAT 5:6 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR
G. BE THE SALT AND LIGHT OF THE EARTH
H. GIVE WITHOUT EXPECTATION
I. MATTHEW 7:7 ASK, SEEK, KNOCK
J. THE POOR WIDOW HOW PUTS ALL SHE HAS
3. YOU GOT TO GO FOR IT
A. THE BLIND MAN ON THE ROAD SIDE SHOUTED
B. THE BLIND MAN HAD TO OPEN HIS EYES
C. THE LAME MAN HAD TO TRY AND STAND
D. ZACKEUS HAD TO CLIMB A TREE
E. LAZRUS HAD TO WALK OUT OF A GRAVE
F. PETER HAD TO GET UP AND PREACH
G. ARE YOU SITTING BACK WATCHING THE BLESSING CHANEL WAIT FO A FREE GIFT?
H. OR ARE YOU STRIVING AFTER GOD, IN YOUR READING, IN YOUR PRAYERS, THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS.
CONCLUSION: GOD HAS SHOWN THROUGH HISTORY THAT HE FAVORS THOSE WHO SEEK HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEART. GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO RISK IT ALL FOR HIM.
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