Tasty Food, Hariy Hands, and More

As we continue our interesting journey through Scripture with the five basic senses, today’s passage includes multiple sensory highlights, in fact we discover all five of them.

Genesis 27:14-27 (NLT)  ¹⁴So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal just the way Isaac liked it. ¹⁵Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob. ¹⁶She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats. ¹⁷Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread. ¹⁸So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said. “Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?” ¹⁹Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.” ²⁰Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied. ²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.” ²²So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said. ²³But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. ²⁴ “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied. ²⁵Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him. ²⁶Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.” ²⁷So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the LORD has blessed!”

The story is full of sensory highlights. Isaac’s eyes were growing dim; his sense of sight no longer able to serve him as it had in the past. His sense of hearing was still intact; he recognized the voice of his younger son, Jacob, but it left him perplexed. The taste of savory game was just as Isaac liked it. The hairy hands felt just like his eldest son, Esau. But it was the smell—the smell of the outdoors—that convinced Isaac to fall for the trickery. And after all, that is what the name Jacob means, trickery; deceit.

It occurs to me that we call ourselves Christian; we talk like Christians, we act like Christians, we do our best to give off the Christian vibe. But our Heavenly Father knows our voice; he sees all we do; he knows our hearts; and he knows the thoughts and intents of our minds. There is no way to trick or deceive our Heavenly Father. To Him we carry the tell-tale smell of the world. There is only one remedy, and that is being cleansed with the saving blood of Christ.

Gracious Heavenly Father,

You know us completely, Oh LORD. We can hide nothing from you. Forgive the ways in which we fall short of your glory, cleanse us through Christ. Create in us a clean heart and renew the desire within us to serve you.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

 

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