“Esau said, ‘Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.’ Then he said, ‘Have you not reserved a blessing for me?’” Genesis 27:36
Isn’t this interesting? Esau, two chapters earlier sold his birthright for some stew, and the bible says he despised his birthright, but now suddenly he was cheated out of it? Doesn’t that sound like us today? We say the Devil stole this from us and that from us when the majority of the time we sold it to him at a weak point in our life. But what we sell to him isn’t the full birthright and blessing at once; instead, we sell not only the keys to the door, but we also sell the rights to the room which enables him to not only claim but take whatever he wants.
See, when we do something (considered a small thing), we’re now making a contract with the devil. For instance, if we allow horror movies filled with demonic activity and spells and witchcraft, we are now making a contract with those things in the spiritual, so that they have the right to be in our house. They have the right to torture us. To take away our sleep. Our peace of mind. Our shalom, that was promised to us by Jesus.
What many of us don’t understand is that everything we do has either a consequence or a reward, no matter how big or small it may seem. Now we know this to be true, but the majority of us don’t fully understand what that means. And because we don’t understand, we don’t take heed to this.
For instance, we will allow movies/books filled with sexually explicit jokes, scenes, etc. and then get shocked and wonder why we are struggling with lust. See just like Esau, we unknowingly sell our birthright not realizing that it also takes away the blessings that Jesus promised us. That God promised us. Instead of making side contracts with the devil, why don’t you try to stay true to the contract you have with Christ. I know this is easier said than done, but it isn’t impossible. Jesus promised that we would be able to overcome because he overcame. And if you think that there is any sin Jesus was not tempted by, you are wrong. Because the writer of Hebrews ensures us that “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.” (Hebrews 4:15)
There isn’t a sin that
Jesus hasn’t overcome or hasn’t dealt with himself, so there is no need to feel
too dirty to bring your struggles before Him because He understands and
empathizes with us.
Now, just because He has empathy, does not mean He will give any of us a free
pass. He expects us to strive for perfection. To strive for excellence not just
settle for mediocrity. Which is what the majority of us strive for. The
majority of us will overlook the sin, close their eyes and sign the contract,
so that they feel better. That’s what we do when we make excuses for our sins,
we close our eyes then sign the contract as if that makes everything okay.
Our goal shouldn’t be a mediocre or less life, where we are slaves to Lust of the Eyes, Lust of the Flesh, and Pride of Life, but instead where conquer each and every sin that falls under these categories. Ensuring us not only happiness but joy. For happiness is affected by our situation, but joy nothing can steal and nothing can shake.
But how do we get past
the mediocre lifestyle we’ve come to enjoy and feel comfortable in?
We have to start with cleaning our inside. We have to read our bibles daily, we
have to pray more than just bedtime prayers, or
before meals, we have to seek God during quiet time, we have to spend time in
worship, and we have to take every thought captive. Once we have strengthened
ourselves, we can start to break every sinful
contract we have made. We can lock and close doors we should have never opened.
We can cast out every evil spirit that torments us.
But we have to first start with cleaning ourselves from the inside. Because as Christ followers, we have to do better. We have to deny our flesh so that we can overcome. Because once we overcome, we can help another person overcome, and so on. Just remember to keep God first, deny your flesh, and take every thought captive.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Break Contracts.
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