Please read Genesis 36.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/36/1/s_36001
Meditate on verse 2a.
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan.
Esau married
daughters of Canaan. The Canaanites were idol worshippers. In defiance to his
parents, Isaac and Rebekah, Esau chose to marry women who did not worship the
true God, Yahweh. Esau brought their idolatrous practices into his home, and
God’s Word describes his wives as bringing grief to Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis
26:34-35).
If you are
not yet married, choose wisely. God does not want you to marry a “Canaanite,”
someone who does not love and worship the only true God, Jesus Christ. If you
are already married to a “Canaanite,” pray for God to bring them to faith in
Christ. Rahab was a Canaanite who chose to become a follower of Yahweh. She is
in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Joshua 2; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31; James
2:25). There is hope for “Canaanites” because before you became a Christian,
you, too, were one.
As a
faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use Genesis 36:2 as a reminder of
how to pray for those who will someday choose their husband or wife.
“LORD,
please do not let _________ marry a
spiritual Canaanite.
Let them
marry someone who loves You more than they love themselves
because
You hate every form of idolatry.
In Your
name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and
Marsha Harvell
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