Is a Blessed Life the Best Life? | Torah | Genesis 28:1-9

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🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What do you think of when you hear the word "blessed?" Good health? A successful career? An easy life? Are you blessed? In today's episode, Jensen looks at Jacob's blessing to Isaac in Genesis 28:1-9. Find out the responsibility that comes with a blessed life. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Genesis 28:1-9 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.1	Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.
0:15.0	When you hear the word blessed, what do you think? You might think of a hashtag or a little
0:22.0	decor sign your mom or grandma has over in the living room.
0:26.2	Maybe you think about phrases like,
0:28.1	Too Blessed to be Stressed or Blessed to be a blessing. It's probably because of these cultural phrases that our view of
0:36.0	blessings and being blessed can be a mixed bag. Whatever you think of or however you feel towards the cultural use of blessed, you probably still believe that blessing has a positive connotation.
0:50.0	People who are blessed are given good things.
0:54.0	If you're blessed, then life should be easy for you.
0:57.0	If you're blessed with wealth, then you don't have to worry about meeting your bills.
1:01.0	If you're blessed with health, then you don't have to deal with
1:04.0	doctor visits and pain. If you're blessed with family, then you don't have to experience the
1:09.4	loneliness of going through life alone. It seems like a logical harmless train of thought. But when thinking
1:16.4	this way translates to our Christian faith, it can actually wreak havoc if it's left unchecked.
1:26.0	I'm talking about the belief that because I am blessed by God and chosen by God that life is going to be easy. Maybe you hear that and you think, no, that's not me, I don't think that. I know that's not true. I hear that idea and I know that it isn't true. But if I look at my life, the truth that I know in my head doesn't always play out in my daily life.
1:48.0	See, I think I really do expect life to be easy for me. I may not want to say that out loud, but it shows. It shows
1:57.5	when life gets hard and I get frustrated. Like in the middle of the night, when my son is
2:02.1	crying again and it's 2 a.m. and he won't go to sleep.
2:06.2	My first reaction is to get really frustrated.
2:09.4	And then I pray that he would go to sleep so I can get some rest.
2:13.6	Or when I start to feel sick, I pray that it won't get too bad
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