- Genesis 33 Daily DEVO But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Genesis 33:4 – Forgiveness is possible. Reconciliation is possible. Love is possible again. Here we have a reunion of two brothers that from Jacob’s point of view was going to end up in a massive family feud. Yet what a different ending we see as we stepped further into the passage. Just like for these two brothers, know your broken relationship can find healing. First pray for the other person, ask God to work in their heart in ways only He can. Second, be open to forgiving and accepting forgiveness. Third, trust God is able to heal. Healing is not a hopeless dream. It can be found in the most broken of relationships. If God was able to heal our broken relationship with Himself, trust He has the ability to work within the torn relationships we’re in today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 513
- So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Genesis 33:16-17 – In our chapter the feared meet up between Jacob and Esau takes place, yet instead of a battle, peace and reconciliation is found. What though do we see take place after the reconciliation is made? Esau and Jacob go in opposite directions. Why that is we don’t know. What we see though is that peace can be found without having to stay in close proximity. Scripture calls us to live at peace with everyone as far as it depends on us. So those we have unrest with and those who we need to find healing with we are called to do what we can to reconcile those relationships. Yet when the peace it found, that doesn’t mean we must stay near. Sometimes distance with certain people is the best way to keep peace. Be willing then to come close when needed so healing can take place and be willing to step away when that’s needed to keep peace. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1837
- He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Genesis 33:3-4 – After twenty years of being away from home, Jacob is returning back to the land God had promised him, yet one person stood in his way…his brother Esau. When Jacob left, he deceived his brother and “stole” Esau’s blessing. Esau was so furious he planned to kill Jacob for what he did. Rebekah, their mother, sent Jacob away and told him that when things cooled down, she’d send for him to return home. No letters though from mom came so in Jacob’s mind, Esau was still furious and ready to kill. Jacob sent gift after gift to Esau ahead of him to show Esau he was returning wanting nothing from him and to hopefully soften Esau’s anger. What though do we see was Esau’s posture when Jacob returned? Love, peace, and reconciliation. Apparently those twenty years that God was working on Jacob’s heart, so was God working on Esau’s. Let us then keep this truth in mind as well, that as deeply as God is working within us, He too is working within others. Never underestimate the change God can bring in someone’s life. We may think they are still angry with us, or still deep in that sin, or still in rejection of God, but just like God used the twenty years to shape both Jacob and Esau’s heart, God can shape their heart just like He did yours. How amazing is it that we have a God that not only can handle all our mess and pour so much time into our growth, but He can manage pouring deeply into that other person as well. Let us pray then for their hearts to embrace the change God is seeking to make within them, and let us as well pray for our hearts to accept the change God makes within them. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Mac – Daily DEVO 2839
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