We're drawn to stories. Always have been, always will be. The Bible overflows with them,

not as fairy tales, but as raw, honest accounts of real people facing real struggles.

Today, on Insight for Living, in his biographical series called Fascinating Stories of Forgotten

Lives, Chuck Swindall invites us to meet Esau, a man whose life was marked by tragedy and deep disappointment.

It's a shocking story that includes family dysfunction, parental favoritism, and irreversible

choices.

Yet woven through this ancient drama runs the golden thread of God's sovereign purpose.

Let's bow for prayer together. Will you join me?

Our Father, we acknowledge that you are our God, and your Son is our Savior, and your Word is our

solitary, reliable source of truth.

In a world of many voices, many messages, many convincing words, give us a simple appetite for the

things that come from you and a satisfaction that in coming to you and hearing from you,

we have found the best there is.

As we undertake this series, may we see within the truth of your book, this ancient, Old

Testament, truths to live by, stories to remember, lives to give us

warning and others to give us hope that we might find a pattern that unravels some of the mysteries of life.

Thank you in advance for the things to be learned and the conviction upon which to respond and to act

and ultimately the changes that will occur because we have risked again exposing ourselves to the truth of your

written word. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. You're listening to Insight for Living.

To dig deeper into these fascinating stories of forgotten lives,

purchase the spiral-bound Bible study workbook for this series at insight.org slash offer.

And now the message from Chuck Swindall about Esau, the son who couldn't win.

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