Little white lies. I think if we're honest, we all tell them at times. And yet they never help.

And I'm going to look at a little white lie that became a big problem today in the life of Isaac.

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Hey friends, welcome back to today's episode of Everyday Truth. As we dive into Genesis

Chapter 26, we're learning a little bit more about the dysfunctional family of Isaac and Rebecca

and the really unfortunate decision that Esau made to sell his

birthright and so many applications. But here in Genesis 26, we're going to read an episode

about Esau's dad, Isaac, where he too makes a really unwise choice. And I'm always reminded about that passage in

Romans chapter 15 where the Apostle Paul reminded us that whatsoever things were written a foretime.

So he was referring back to the Old Testament in his book there in Romans 15.

He said, whatsoever thinks we're written a four time, we're written for our learning.

That we through patience, the word patience there means perseverance and comfort,

we would use the word encouragement today might have hope.

So the point is that God includes, excuse me, these stories in the Old Testament for many

reasons, but among them are the fact that we can draw a measure of perseverance and

encouragement to know that even these patriarchs, even these people

under the blessing of God with promises given them by God, made some bad choices.

And that doesn't justify our bad choices, but it ought to instruct us to say, I don't want to do what he did. And Lord, how can I

avoid that pitfall in my life? Because Genesis 26 almost seems like deja vu. And I'll show you why

here in a moment. So Genesis 26, look at verse one, and there was a famine in the land.

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