The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 1 August 2024 – TOPIC: DIMNESS OF SPIRITUAL EYES
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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 01, 2024
TOPIC: DIMNESS OF SPIRITUAL EYES
27:1. Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”
27:2. Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.
27:3. “Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
27:4. “And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring [it] to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”
27:5. Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring [it.]
27:6. So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
27:7. ‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’
27:8. “Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.
27:9. “Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.
27:10. “Then you shall take [it] to your father, that he may eat [it,] and that he may bless you before his death.”
27:11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth-[skinned] man.
27:12. “Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
27:13. But his mother said to him, “[Let] your curse [be] on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get [them] for me.”
THE MESSAGE:
There is no doubt that the spiritual controls the physical. Every Christian must as a matter of fact believe and covet to live in this truth. Our passage today records that Isaac was old and his eyes were dim that he could not see. However, the dimness of his spiritual eyes here was more of his problem than that of the physical eyes. He was going to release his blessings on the wrong person, if not for the intervention of the wife, Rebecca, who had inquired of the Lord (Genesis 25: 23).
Inability to see with the eyes of the Spirit will always leave a Christian relying on the physical sight, which is limited. Many of the mistakes we make today are a result of our spiritual blindness. Even David, who lived in a time when the Holy Spirit was not yet resident in man, understood the importance of hearing from God before taking any step; the Scriptures tell us that he enquired of the Lord…and the instructions from God were almost always different in each case. Are your eyes dim? Reject dim spiritual eyes. Pray for spiritual insight so you will not make wrong choices.
PRAYER: Lord, may I not be presumptuous and careless in life, but always seeking Your face in every situation
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