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A Prayerless Life Is A Barren Life
Genesis 36 contains the lineage of Esau.
On Wednesday nights I have been teaching through the prayers of the Bible, but tonight’s message is a little bit different.
Tonight I want to look at the life of Esau and his descendants.
There is no record that Esau ever prayed to God.
Though his physical birth was the result of prayer
Esau lived among the people of God but never embraced God.
Observing the life of Esau and his descendants over the centuries gives a broad perspective of the impact of prayerlessness on a person and a people.
Prayerlessness causes:
Despise our spiritual heritage
traded his birthright, the place of honor as the eldest son of the Patriarchs.
By worldly standards we should say, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Esau.
But we say Jacob, not Esau because Esau despised his birthright.
When we do not pray, we do not value God, His blessings or the things of God.
Thanksgiving to God is critical to receiving salvation.
Thanksgiving is a critical ingredient in genuine faith.
When we are not thankful for God’s blessings, our faith lacks and prevents us from receiving God’s salvation.
Strife in Families
Esau married an idolatrous woman who brought grief to the people of God.
Indian Christian who married a non-Christian woman
Missed Blessings
Jacob who prayed received the blessings intended for Isaac.
Esau wept for blessings but never prayed to God.
Bitterness and Murderous Anger
Without being able to trust God to make all things right, our hearts simmer with anger and bitterness until wickedness if birthed.
Religious Hypocrisy
Esau wanted the blessings of righteousness without the actions.
He realizes his idolatrous wives bother his parents- something he should have already known.
So instead of marrying idolatrous foreigners, he marries idolatrous relatives and thinks it will make his family happy.
When we don’t pray, we cannot determine what is right and wrong.
Prayer acknowledges God is supreme, over all, and when we realize how great God is, we begin to fear and reverence Him.
This is the beginning of wisdom.
Until we do this, we are basing our life on human wisdom, which is foolish and will always lead us in the wrong way.
Esau tries to do the right thing for the wrong reasons.
He is jealous of the favor of God upon his brother Jacob’s life.
But instead of seeking God as Jacob does, he tries to do moral things to get his parents approval.
And he ends up making an even bigger mess.
The moral compass of the flesh will never point due North.
It is always skewed and points to the way of death.
Cut Off From The People and Places of God
We can be near the people of God without being a man or woman of God.
Going to McDonald’s does not make you a Big Mac.
It will probably make you bigger, but it does not make you a Big Mac.
Going to Church does not make you a Christian.
If we are prayerless, we will eventually get so miserable around the people of God that we move away.
We can even receive the blessings of God without being a person of God.
Wrath of God
Esau’s descendants generally continued in his carnal path.
They refused to let the Israelites pass through their land when they came out of Egypt.
The flesh has no tolerance for the purposes of God.
Pride
Persecution
The Edomites rejoiced and even participated in the destruction of the people of God.
They attacked the weak and wounded stragglers who could not keep up with the people of Israel as they traveled.
Godlessness
Pride abides in the flesh.
Edom’s pride brought them into conflict with the purposes and people of God.
Gone
The Edomites no longer exist.
The wrath and judgment of God came upon them and they were cut off from the face of the earth.
So will be the destiny of all who are godless.
Prayer is an acknowledgement that we need God.
It is the first step in humbling ourselves before God.
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