1. The bowl tempts us to trade faith for feeling.
Our culture has whipped up a recipe for you to figure out your identity. The world will tell you:
Ask yourself, “How do I feel? I feel therefore I am.”
Ask yourself, “What do you like? Who are you attracted to?”
Ask yourself, “What are you good at?”
Ask yourself, ”Where did you come from?”
Ask yourself, “What have other people said about you?”
2. The bowl tempts us to trade calling for comfort.
There’s nothing comfortable about fulfilling the calling of God in your life. Destiny never comes at a discount.
Comfort has become the drug of choice, for Americans today.
There’s no growth in the comfort zone, but there’s no comfort in the growth zone.
3. The bowl tempts us to trade our future for our present.
Also said like: what you want now for what you want most.
The devil’s not playing checkers with you, he’s playing chess.
You can have a birthright of peace in your life, or you can have the bowl of anxiety.
Don’t be an Esau. Don’t squander your birthright. Don’t drink from the wrong bowl.