Sermon
Striving vs. Trusting
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
February 5, 2023 · 47 min
Summary
Jacob and Esau's birth story illustrates two contrasting spirits: Esau's pursuit of immediate gratification over God's covenant promise, and Jacob's manipulative striving to obtain what God had already graciously given him. The sermon teaches that Christians must trust God's promises rather than attempting to earn identity and blessing through performance.
Highlights
Change is a process, it is not an event and it's a process that often takes a very long time.
If you are in Christ, your identity has been divorced from your performance. They're not connected anymore.
Every single day we face the spirit of Esau that says just do whatever feels good and don't worry about the future.