By faith Isaac blessed Jacob (Genesis 27:27-40). This is a difficult one, for the obvious reading of the story is that Jacob deceived Isaac, so the natural question is where is the faith? Perhaps one we should look at it like this. Isaac knew he had to bless the eldest son, so when Jacob appeared, albeit pretending to be Esau, Isaac thought he was doing the right thing, blessing the eldest son. We often worry about all sorts of things, wondering how they will work out (or how they will go wrong!). Isaac had no need to worry about that, based on what he knew he did the right thing, it was up to God how things worked out beyond that.
What I am saying is that we should make the best decisions we can, based on what we know, and what we know to be right, then we can let God worry about the rest. We can trust Him.
Jacob blessed each of his sons by faith, seeing what would become of them.
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