Trading Future For Present

Because we understand the present better than we understand the future, it is very easy for us to take what is satisfying, fulfilling, or enjoyable now, even if it means sacrificing what is coming in the future. For Esau, this was trading his birthright for a single meal. Though we would never trade a material inheritance for a bowl of stew, we trade our spiritual inheritance for so much less. And we do this every single day, probably without even thinking about it!