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Day 9, or January the 9th. How does God affect

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your daily life? Our thought today is rooted

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in Genesis chapter 26, verse 28. We saw clearly

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that the Lord was with you. Now the big picture

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surrounding this verse. Abraham marries again.

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This time he has six sons with Keturah. They

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all miss out on Abraham's wealth as only Isaac,

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the favourite, inherits. Isaac has twin sons

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with Rebekah. One is very hairy, so is called

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Esau, which means hairy. His brother is much

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smoother and is named Jacob. Esau is an outdoorsman

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and relates to his father, but his brother Jacob

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is quieter and prefers to stay at home with his

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mother. Needless to say, with so little in common,

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they don't get on particularly well. Both are

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subject to different influences, godly ones as

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well as parental ones. Jacob, under his mother's

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influence, becomes a good cook, and one day prepares

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a bowl of red stew, which his brother Esau impetuously

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exchanges for his priceless birthright. Jacob

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always seems to be self-centred, but he does

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turn to God when he's in trouble. Esau, on the

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other hand, never gives God a thought whatever

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life throws at him. Their father Isaac does his

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best for his family, but sadly he has a favourite

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twin son, while his wife's favourite one is the

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other twin, and this is a problem that affects

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the whole family. Both sons need a godly influence,

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but rarely see it in their parents. And now our

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action step for today. Of all four patriarchs,

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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, Isaac is the

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one about whom we know least, and yet we have

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a lovely glimpse of him in Genesis chapter 26.

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In the midst of negotiations about well -digging,

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Isaac's opponents say something quite striking.

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They tell him that they can see clearly that

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God has been with him. I believe if we can keep

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this thought in our minds, it will, with God's

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help, enable us to be a sweeter fragrance for

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God wherever we go. Why not make a conscious

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effort to encourage others to react to you like

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this today? It really doesn't matter if you never

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hear about it, does it?