For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]? (Matthew:16:26)
Nothing can be given as an exchange for the blessed life available to us in the kingdom of GOD. This isn't the life in heaven after death that we often think wherever eternal life or kingdom of GOD is mentioned. Jesus was talking about the blessed life right then and now. It is on going. Every born again believer has the eternal life in the kingdom of GOD, which is happening on earth right at this very moment. We will realize the value of the blessed life in the kingdom only when we start to experience it. It's a life full of health, happiness, provision, financial security and in short an abundant supernatural life.
The life of Esau serves as a wrong example of a person who traded the blessed life for a single meal and paid dearly for it. He is listed as an example we ought to be careful about not imitating in Hebrews:12:16&17 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
The real incident is listed in Genesis:25:29-34 where a tired and famished Esau comes home and begs Jacob for some stew. Jacob refuses and lures Esau into selling his birthright for stew. True to his name, Jacob deceives Esau into selling his birthright for a single meal. He wasn't going to die as he thought he would if he doesn't eat right away. At that moment, all Esau wanted was to eat and his birthright doesn't mean a thing to him. Sometimes, even in our lives when the going gets tough instead of holding on to our birthright (blessed life in the kingdom of GOD) we are deceived by the devil (just like Esau was deceived by Jacob, the deceiver) into trading it for something less. For example, when we are sick, we don't access the healing that is available to us, but we are deceived by the thought that it is from GOD for a mistake that I made. It applies to every situation in our life. We are trading our birthright whenever we are walking in sickness, poverty, frustrations and in short a sorrowful life. Let's be careful and get rooted in the Word of GOD to enjoy and see the kingdom of GOD manifest in our lives fully. When we start to experience the kingdom of GOD in our lives, we will never trade it for anything.
Blessings!
Nothing can be given as an exchange for the blessed life available to us in the kingdom of GOD. This isn't the life in heaven after death that we often think wherever eternal life or kingdom of GOD is mentioned. Jesus was talking about the blessed life right then and now. It is on going. Every born again believer has the eternal life in the kingdom of GOD, which is happening on earth right at this very moment. We will realize the value of the blessed life in the kingdom only when we start to experience it. It's a life full of health, happiness, provision, financial security and in short an abundant supernatural life.
The life of Esau serves as a wrong example of a person who traded the blessed life for a single meal and paid dearly for it. He is listed as an example we ought to be careful about not imitating in Hebrews:12:16&17 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
The real incident is listed in Genesis:25:29-34 where a tired and famished Esau comes home and begs Jacob for some stew. Jacob refuses and lures Esau into selling his birthright for stew. True to his name, Jacob deceives Esau into selling his birthright for a single meal. He wasn't going to die as he thought he would if he doesn't eat right away. At that moment, all Esau wanted was to eat and his birthright doesn't mean a thing to him. Sometimes, even in our lives when the going gets tough instead of holding on to our birthright (blessed life in the kingdom of GOD) we are deceived by the devil (just like Esau was deceived by Jacob, the deceiver) into trading it for something less. For example, when we are sick, we don't access the healing that is available to us, but we are deceived by the thought that it is from GOD for a mistake that I made. It applies to every situation in our life. We are trading our birthright whenever we are walking in sickness, poverty, frustrations and in short a sorrowful life. Let's be careful and get rooted in the Word of GOD to enjoy and see the kingdom of GOD manifest in our lives fully. When we start to experience the kingdom of GOD in our lives, we will never trade it for anything.
Blessings!
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