Have you sold your birthright?
Submitted by kristen@newmome... on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 05:2“When a man is dying of starvation, what good is his birthright?. . .And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother. . .so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.” (Genesis 25:32,34b)
I am sad to say that for years I gave away my God - given inheritance without realizing it. Like Esau I was also starving. Only my hunger was for the approval of others. As a result, I gave people I cared about too much power to determine my value. Trying to ‘be good enough’ left me dying of starvation because no matter how much approval I gained, I was still empty. The moment I decided my worth was debatable, I became blind to the rights I had thrown away.
My ‘sell out’ stemmed from childhood wounds where significant caregivers unintentionally taught me that I was less than lovable. Only as I have learned to bring this younger part of myself into the healing presence of Jesus Christ can I reclaim what is mine as His child. When the ‘child’ in me experiences His ‘seal of approval’ as my birthright, I am free to walk in my symbolic inheritance.
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have thrown away what You paid a high price to give me. I have settled for the momentary pleasure that man’s approval brings. Forgive me for betraying myself in this way. God, thank you that I am immeasurably precious to You. By your Spirit You have stamped me with Your eternal pledge – a sure beginning of what You have destined to complete. Amen. (Personalization of II Corinthians 1:22 from The Message).
“When a man is dying of starvation, what good is his birthright?. . . And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother. . . so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.” ~ (Genesis 25:32,34b)
I am sad to say that for years I gave away my God-given inheritance without realizing it. Like Esau I was also starving. Only my hunger was for the approval of others. As a result, I gave people I cared about too much power to determine my value. Trying to ‘be good enough’ left me dying of starvation, because no matter how much approval I gained, I was still empty. The moment I decided my worth was debatable, I became blind to the rights I had thrown away.
My ‘sell-out’ stemmed from childhood wounds where significant caregivers unintentionally taught me that I was less than lovable. Only as I have learned to bring this younger part of myself into the healing presence of Jesus Christ can I reclaim what is mine as His child. When the ‘child’ in me experiences His ‘seal of approval’ as my birthright, I am free to walk in my inheritance.
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have thrown away what You paid a high price to give me. I have settled for the momentary pleasure that man’s approval brings. Forgive me for betraying myself in this way. God, thank you that I am immeasurably precious to You. By your Spirit You have stamped me with Your eternal pledge – a sure beginning of what You have destined to complete. Amen. ~ (Personalization of II Corinthians 1:22 from The Message).
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I am sad to say that for years I gave away my God - given inheritance without realizing it. Like Esau I was also starving. Only my hunger was for the approval of others. As a result, I gave people I cared about too much power to determine my value. Trying to ‘be good enough’ left me dying of starvation because no matter how much approval I gained, I was still empty. The moment I decided my worth was debatable, I became blind to the rights I had thrown away.
My ‘sell out’ stemmed from childhood wounds where significant caregivers unintentionally taught me that I was less than lovable. Only as I have learned to bring this younger part of myself into the healing presence of Jesus Christ can I reclaim what is mine as His child. When the ‘child’ in me experiences His ‘seal of approval’ as my birthright, I am free to walk in my symbolic inheritance.
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have thrown away what You paid a high price to give me. I have settled for the momentary pleasure that man’s approval brings. Forgive me for betraying myself in this way. God, thank you that I am immeasurably precious to You. By your Spirit You have stamped me with Your eternal pledge – a sure beginning of what You have destined to complete. Amen. (Personalization of II Corinthians 1:22 from The Message).
“When a man is dying of starvation, what good is his birthright?. . . And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother. . . so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.” ~ (Genesis 25:32,34b)
I am sad to say that for years I gave away my God-given inheritance without realizing it. Like Esau I was also starving. Only my hunger was for the approval of others. As a result, I gave people I cared about too much power to determine my value. Trying to ‘be good enough’ left me dying of starvation, because no matter how much approval I gained, I was still empty. The moment I decided my worth was debatable, I became blind to the rights I had thrown away.
My ‘sell-out’ stemmed from childhood wounds where significant caregivers unintentionally taught me that I was less than lovable. Only as I have learned to bring this younger part of myself into the healing presence of Jesus Christ can I reclaim what is mine as His child. When the ‘child’ in me experiences His ‘seal of approval’ as my birthright, I am free to walk in my inheritance.
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have thrown away what You paid a high price to give me. I have settled for the momentary pleasure that man’s approval brings. Forgive me for betraying myself in this way. God, thank you that I am immeasurably precious to You. By your Spirit You have stamped me with Your eternal pledge – a sure beginning of what You have destined to complete. Amen. ~ (Personalization of II Corinthians 1:22 from The Message).
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