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All right, welcome to a new week of the Daily Blade. So as I was thinking through what to talk about

on the Daily Blade this week, I literally felt like God put a single word inside of my head,

and that's hunger, hunger. And so immediately I started thinking of different times in my life

where I was really hungry for the

Word of God and other times where it was just kind of like an add-on or like an afterthought.

And really here's the thing. During those times of hunger for the word, my circumstances were all

over the place. So there were some times where I was experiencing and recognizing a lot of blessings

in my life, either, you know, with my job or my relationships or my body or whatever. And there were other times where I was experiencing what can only be described as a dark night of the soul, right? So I can actually remember one specific time period of my life where I literally wasn't sure how I was going to make it from one hour to the next. And I mean, I'm not being hyperbolic. I'm not

kidding. And some of you guys know exactly what I'm talking about. But I was that desperate for a

movement of God in my life. I was desperate for some word of encouragement from a brother. I just needed

that, you know, a little bit of light that would sustain me for just a little bit longer, right?

And so what I intend to do this week is to help elevate the hunger that you all have for the word of God. So I want to pour gasoline on that fire, if you will, and look, I can already tell you guys are hungry for it because you're here. You're listening to the Daily Blade. You know, you're in your truck, you're at the gym or the job side or you're on a run, and you're listening to the Daily Blade because you want more of the word of God in your head and in your heart and in your soul. So guys, let's just go ahead and get to work today. So today we're actually going to look at a story from Genesis 25. But to set the stage, So we have Isaac, the son of Abraham. He prays because his wife Rebecca is barren. God answers the prayers and they conceive twins. And inside the womb, there

was a big struggle going on. This caused Rebecca to ask God what was going on exactly. God

told her that the twins inside of her represented two nations and that eventually the older

would serve the younger.

And at birth, the first baby, Esau comes out. He's red and hairy. The second one comes out

grasping Esau's heel. This is Jacob. And as they grow up, Esau develops into a man's man.

So he's a skilled outdoorsman and he's a hunter. And then we have Jacob, who was more of a

mama's boy. He liked to kind of hang around inside. He liked to kind of stay inside the tent. So,

Isaac naturally favored Esau and Rebecca naturally favored Jacob. Okay, so that's the setup for Genesis

25. I'm going to start reading in verse 29. Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted.

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