Bible Reading: Genesis 25
Memory Verse: Genesis 25: 34c
So Esau despised his birthright.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen! How are you all doing? Have you read yesterday’s message? What are some of the lessons you learnt from it? Kindly share them with this us.
On this beautiful Thursday morning, we would be exploring birthrights, especially as a firstborn. I pray that you learn some important lessons from this message. God bless you for reading.
From today’s verse, we see that Esau despised his birthright as the firstborn child of Isaac and Rebekah. His hatred for his birthright was one of the reasons why he did not mind giving it up- for something as little as stew. There are many people in this world who feel the same way about their birthright as Esau did.
My firstborns feel very excluded from many benefits that their younger siblings receive. They believe that they always have to work hard- do all the chores, take care of the younger ones, etc. They believe they are trapped and cannot do what they want. For example; a parent might say no to a firstborn child going for a party, yet, they would allow the younger kids to go out whenever they want.
This is fueling a burning desire in them to give up their “firstborn” status. Well, to firstborns all around the world, your parents make you do certain things because they want you to be an example for your younger sibling(s). There are a lot of responsibilities as a firstborn child; it is so because you are the first child and you have to help take care of the household with your parents. As the firstborn, there are many more eyes (friends, family, etc.) on you; in the sense that, everyone wants to know how you turned out- how you perform in school, the career you have, etc.
As the firstborn, God has released a lot of blessings on to your life. If you look throughout the Bible, the title “Firstborn of……” is placed on firstborns. All other childrens' names are just mentioned. This goes to show the importance of the firstborn child to society and to God. An example of this is in Genesis 25 (the Bible reading of the week), verse 13, we are told, “and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam….”
God, through the Bible, tells us about how important and priceless being a firstborn child is. In Psalm 89:27, the Bible tells us, “And I will make him the firstborn, highest of the kings of the earth.” God is telling us that fir