everybody what is going on you know what time it is you're listening to join the journey podcast

with your host emma daughter thanks for joining today we're reading genesis 27 which begs the question

how do you define integrity or said differently maybe not how do you define it but how does

integrity play out in your own life,

if at all? Growing up, my elementary school focused on different character qualities or traits

every month. They'd talk about them on the morning announcements, at the end of the day, and at

special assemblies, and each character quality had an official definition. For integrity, it was doing what's

right when no one is watching. And it's easy to think about integrity in simple terms. We should

pick up our trash. We should return our grocery carts to the proper receptacle when we're out

shopping, et cetera. But what about the things that are more challenging to identify? How do you

respond when the Holy Spirit convicts you? No one can see that response. Or how do you respond

when you read God's word? No one is seeing the instruction you're taking in. In today's Devo,

Benjamin reminds us to take God's communications to us seriously. Benjamin

writes, Chapter 27 demonstrates a pivotal moment when we see how God's promises to Rebecca,

Genesis 25, 23, and Isaac, Genesis 26, begin to unfold. Two relationships are highlighted. Rebecca's with Jacob and Isaac's with

Esau. As was typical for the time, Isaac shows Esau preference as the firstborn. Rebecca's preference for

Jacob, therefore, is more unusual. There's a significant difference, however, and it has to do with

God's earlier promises.

God spoke to Rebecca in Genesis 25, saying two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided.

The one shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.

Rebecca understood the significance of God's promise to her and the implications

it would have when Isaac was to confer his blessing. She puts her faith in God and recognizes that

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