God is always working behind the scenes to fulfill His purposes, whether we realize it or not. That’s why we say that all circumstances fit into the plan of our sovereign God. Even our personal choices play into the eternal design of God, baffling as that may be. Good or bad, our choices will always have consequences and we are responsible for them. But God can use even our mistakes to advance His purposes. Esau and Jacob were born to Isaac and Rebekah, and it was prophesied that the older would serve the younger, which began to be fulfilled when Esau sold his birthright to Jacob. This is where we see that God sovereignly determines how people fit into His eternal purposes, and factors in even our human weaknesses and strengths.