Day 12: Genesis 26:35-28:22
Is lying ever acceptable? What about deceit, is there ever a time that it's ok to deceive someone for the sake of your own gain?
Is it ever ok for a mother to love one child more than the other children? Is it ever right to manipulate your husband by using your son?
The saga of Isaac, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob would be a great made for cable sitcom. Maybe the title could be, "Dysfunctional Family" or "Lying for Blessings" or “Wild Game and Hairy Arms Gets you Blessed"
Rebekah's willingness to deceive her husband and accept a curse for the sake of her son Jacob being the blessed child over Esau is a new level of low. How can Rebekah justify her behavior as being acceptable? No sane person would think Rebekah had her children's best interest at heart.
There is nothing right about lying or deception. The consequences may not reveal itself immediately, but sooner or later, it will. A person can lie for so long before the truth reveals itself. Proverbs 12:19 states, "Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment."
Deception can only go for so long before someone will figure it out. Proverbs 11:3 says, "Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people."
The Isaac family has a lot to learn about family unity, trust, truthfulness and transparency. May we never take a page out of their parenting book and use it on our own children. Use this story as proof "what not to do" so our homes will be strengthened by truth over lies and faithfulness over deception.
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