The Trade-off




Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright, (Gen. 25:34. NIV)


Often at times, The desire to satisfy immediate hunger, nakedness and thirst has made we believers to negotiate and tradeoff our status in Christ for a morsel of immediate gratification that availeth to nothing but rather emptiness and eternal regrets.

The devil has succeeded by getting us moved by instigating storms around our lives and we become shaken and disoriented owing to the fact that we fail to realise our privileges  in Christ. We become a receiver of handout instead of a distributor of blessings. We become a second fiddle in the affairs of life instead of kings and Queens.

We are to earnestly hold on to that which has been handed over to us by the power of redemption through Christ Jesus and I see us reclaiming our lost glory in Jesus name Amen!

Recommended Reading Matthew 6:25-34

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©Monday Paul, 2017

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