January 17th

January 17th -- Genesis 27:1-40 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2027:1-40&version=NLT)

This is the story about how Jacob steals his brother Esau's blessing.

So, we all know Rebekah totally picked Jacob and treated him as a favorite. So when she overheard that Esau was to be getting his father's blessing, she of course intervened to Jacob recieved it instead. When Jacob asks basically "what if he realized I'm not Esau" upon hearing her plan, she says that she'll take the blame, basically.
So basically his mom dresses him up as his brother so he can pretend to be Esau well enough he will convince his dad. It works, just barely, and Isaac blesses Jacob while thinking he is Esau.

This all goes smoothly until of course, Esau gets home. Isaac is confused until the two finally realize that Jacob (and Rebekah) tricked Isaac into blessing him, instead. Esau, after begging, gets a lesser blessing.

I know this isn't the point of these verses, but to me it just makes me think of how careful we have to be to not let ourselves be decieved by the devil. Just as Jacob masqueraded as Esau, the devil masquerades as an angel of light. Isaac ignored the fact that it was Jacob's voice - we need to be wary that no matter how things may look, we need to ensure the voice we listen to is that of God and not the devil, because appearance and such may be decieving.

That's all  - sorry it's not much, but again, it's just an account of their tale. Plus I'm sick so my head's a little fuzzy. XD The only thing that really stood out at me is what I mentioned about being wary not to let ourselves be decieved.
God bless!