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The blessing Abraham received from God was given to Isaac, whom Sarah bore to him in her old age. But who would be next to receive that blessing? Isaac married Rebekah and eventually she became pregnant with twins.

But in the womb they struggled together, and Rebekah inquired of the Lord as to what was happening. “There are two nations within you,” the Lord said, “and the older will serve the younger, and one nation will be stronger than the other.” In other words, the covenant of blessing that God gave to Abraham and then to Isaac would be passed to the younger of the twins. This was not customary in that culture, but this is what God had decided.

When Rebekah was giving birth to the twins. The first that arrived was covered with hair, so they call him Harry. Well, actually, they called him Esau, which means hairy. And afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding onto Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob, which means heel snatcher, or supplanter, or, in other words, one who catches others by the heel to trip them up.

Jacob lived up to his name. One day when Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished; and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stew, for I’m famished.” But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” And Esau responded, “I am so hungry I’m about to die; so what use then is the birthright to me?” And Jacob said, “First swear to me.” So Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.

When we come to chapter 27, Isaac is 137 years old, his eyes are dim from age and he doesn’t know how much time he has left to live, so he decided it was time to give the blessing that would normally belong to the eldest son.

The problem is that Isaac favored Esau over Jacob. Esau was ruddy and an outdoorsman. He was an archer and a hunter and Isaac had a taste for wild game. Rebekah favored Jacob. Perhaps because she knew that he was to receive the blessing handed down from Abraham or perhaps it was because he was a peaceful man, living in tents.

One day Rebekah overheard Isaac telling Esau to hunt some wild game and prepare his favorite stew after which Isaac would give the blessing to Esau. This wasn’t right. She knew this was not God’s plan, but rather than trusting that God would somehow fulfill His promise, she took matters into her own hands and hatched a plan to deceive Isaac into giving the blessing to Jacob.

Isaac wasn’t trusting God’s plan either. Notice the secrecy. Notice the conspiracy. Normally the father’s blessing would be given before the entire family because it was like a will distributing the family wealth and headship.

Isaac knew that God had determined that the older would serve the younger. He knew that Esau had sold his birthright to Jacob and he also knew that Esau had disqualified himself from spiritual leadership when he took two Canaanite women as wives, yet he resisted God’s plan.

There are many lessons from this story, but they’re not lessons we learn from their excellent character; we learn from their poor example. God allows the reality of who they are to be seen because we can learn many lessons about character in our own lives as well lessons about the faithfulness of God in spite of our weakness and failures.

I. Don’t Resist God’s Plan

Isaac knew what God had said to Rebekah, that the older would serve the younger, but he decided to resist God’s plan.

It’s never a good idea to resist God’s plan, it always ends badly. I could give example after biblical example, but I’m sure there are many in this room who have experienced that themselves and know that it is true.

A. Without vision; people perish

Isaac’s eyes are too dim to see. This is true physically, but I submit it was true spiritually as well. He didn’t see the spiritual consequences of resisting God’s will for the boys.

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