How many times have we heard a word from God but doubted it after something happens?
Like Isaac is this story, we tend to trust what we feel over what we have heard from the Lord.
“Those who have ears to hear, let them hear…” the word says many times in the New Testament. (Matt.11:15; 13:9-16; Mk. 4:9; 24; Rev. 2:29)
In the Gospels, Jesus makes this statement when He delivered revelation through a parable.
If you want the truth, you must be willing to hear…
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” Romans 10:17 KJV
Hearing is the ability to process the transmission of sound.
But Scripture teaches that hearing comes by the word of God–Jesus!
Jesus is the logos which means divine reason, creative order. It is the logic that persuades truth.
Jesus offers Himself each time before He persuades the hearers to receive God’s word.
This persuasion is not deceptive but rather caters to the choice presented in free will.
“Let those who have ears to hear, let them hear…”
So, let’s get back to the story in Genesis 27 …
“So he went in to his father and said, ‘My father.’ And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?’ 19 Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.’ 20 But Isaac said to his son, ‘How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?’ He answered, ‘Because the Lord your God granted me success.’ 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.’ 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’ 23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.”
Isaac lacked his sight so he relied on his other senses to guide him.
Isaac heard first and asked who was approaching him …
Then he smelled him, as he leaned in closer …
Lastly, he touched him to feel if he was in fact the son he claimed to be …
And of all three senses, only his hearing spoke the truth …
YET he settled and believed what he felt.
Does not this speak volumes?
Why do we allow our feelings to determine how we react/respond?
Lord knows I am guilty, guilty, guilty!
But what we must realize is that when we are lead by feelings (emotions) we open ourselves up to misappropriated blessings.
OUCH!
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