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Sunday, January 07, 2007

11:22 PM

Bye Holidays...

Last Day before semester start...

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"Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."
"Look, I am about to die." Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"" [Genesis 25:31-32]

Quoting from Life Application bible:

Esau traded the lasting benefits of his birthright for the immediate pleasure of food. He acted on impulse, satisfying his immediate desires without pausing to consider the long-range consequences of what he was about to do. We can fall into the same trap. When we see something we want, our first impulse is to get it. At first we feel intensely satisfied and sometimes even powerful because we have obtained what we set out to get. But immediate pleasure often loses sight of the future. We can avoid making Esau's mistake by comparing the short-term satisfaction with its long-range consequences before we act.
Esau exaggerated his hunger, "I am about to die," he said. This thought made his choice much easier because if he was starving, what good was an inheritance anyway? The pleasure of the moment distorted his perspective and made his decision seem urgent. We often experience similar pressures. For example, when we feel sexual pressure, a marriage vow may seem unimportant. We might feel such great pressure in one area that nothing else seems to matter and we lose our perspective. Getting through the short, pressure-filled moment is often the most difficult part of overcoming a temptation.

I pray that as the sem start, I will not lose focus of my long term goals and act on impulse for short-term pleasure...

"And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath..." [Deuteronomy 28:13a]

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