Our text today is an unusual one. It is from Genesis 27:4
“Make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.”
The background of this verse is that Isaac was old and thought he was about to die. He called his outdoors type of son, Esau, and told him to get him some of that meat that you know I love to eat. It seems that men have always loved to eat meat. It is normal. It is the first time in the KJV that a man ever said that he loved anything, and it is about men loving to eat meat. Wow!
There is another first time in the Bible worth noting. In Genesis, after God made each thing, he saw that it was good. The first time in the Bible that God ever said something was not good is Genesis 2:18:
“And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone.’ “
No matter how tough or strong men (or women) feel they are, God said “It is not good for man to be alone.”
From the beginning, we are not made to be loners. A little later in the Bible, God explains why this is so.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.”
We are not made to be loners, not because you don’t ever need some alone time, but because there will come a time when you need someone. Sometimes we all need a little help.
Lonnie Davis