“And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents” (Genesis 25:27).
TEXT — Genesis 25:19-28
Message
A serene, sleepy, little town, in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, is reputed to be the twins’ capital of the world. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a study conducted by a British gynecologist, Patrick Nylander, between 1972 and 1982 recorded an average of 45 to 50 sets of twins per 1,000 live births in the town of Igbo Ora.
No one could conclusively explain this phenomenon, but there is hardly any family in the community that does not have twins. Esau and Jacob were the first twins mentioned in the Bible. They were the only children of their parents. The boys were born after many prayers by their parents to break the yoke of barrenness that initially afflicted their marriage. The prayers continued even when their mother, Rebekah, became pregnant and experienced unusual fetal activity.
The message that Rebekah received about the twins in her womb was that “Two nations are in thy womb, and two manners of people shall be separated from thy bowels, and the one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger” (Genesis 25:23). The two boys would chart separate destinies; and as prophesied, the younger will fare better than the elder.
God, the divine Manager, has a plan for each of His children. Esau would grow up later to be a hunter and the father of the Edomites, but Jacob, the shepherd boy, would be the progenitor of the nation of Israel. The career choice was only part of the great design of God to make a saint of an unworthy one.
God still has a plan for everyone. He also has the prerogative to dispense His grace to His people. We must be content to pursue the particular destiny set for us by God and fulfill the same to His glory.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
The thought for tod got me thinking and stirred up the following questions; Jabez rejected his initial destiny, even jacob refused his initial destiny of being a cheat. My confusion , if they had been contented, we would not have known them for who we do know them today. Kindly clarify this for me. Thank you.
Lord help me fulfil destiny. Let each of my children pursue fulfilling his/her destiny. No sibling rivalry will have way into their lives. Lord anoint my first child with exceptional success and cancel any yoke or trend of firstborn serving younger in Jesus name. They shall make it through Christ’s redemption blood. Same to all the writer of this manna in Jesus name 🙏
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The thought for tod got me thinking and stirred up the following questions; Jabez rejected his initial destiny, even jacob refused his initial destiny of being a cheat. My confusion , if they had been contented, we would not have known them for who we do know them today. Kindly clarify this for me. Thank you.
Lord help me fulfil destiny. Let each of my children pursue fulfilling his/her destiny. No sibling rivalry will have way into their lives. Lord anoint my first child with exceptional success and cancel any yoke or trend of firstborn serving younger in Jesus name. They shall make it through Christ’s redemption blood. Same to all the writer of this manna in Jesus name 🙏
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I pray that my two sons gets personal encounters with Jesus Christ our Lord. And May they fulfill their destinies in Jesus Christ Mighty Name. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I pray they will love one another and they will not pull each other down, more empathy and love for themselves in Jesus Christ Mighty Name 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I would like to get daily manna for each day as l send it to my WhatsApp members everyday. Thanks 🙏🏼
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