Year in the Bible Week 2

"Esau Sells His Birthright” by Giovacchino Assereto c.1645

Hello YiB friends! Hard to believe that by week two of our journey God has already made his covenant with Abraham and reaffirmed it with Isaac, and we see tension rising between Jacob and Esau. Genesis moves really fast, so if you’ve fallen behind, please don’t be discouraged! It’s still easy to catch up if you double up on the daily readings, and its even easier if you do the audio in YouVersion. The audio plays while you’re driving, working around the house, etc. and you’re caught up before youknow it. Just text Christy or me for help if you want to get the YouVersion audio going.

God’s Word shows us a lot of bad behavior in this week’s chapters, including plenty of lying and cheating from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and still God blesses them in a covenant relationship. Reading this helps us be sure that God does not choose us to inherit the Kingdom because we are righteous, but by our faith in his promises alone. Hallelujah!

Folks, statistically the average New Year’s resolution only lasts 8-9 days. That means that if you decided to do Year in the Bible 2026 as a New Year’s resolution, this is about the time you might be thinking about putting this project down. Believe me, I understand, and there will be no judgment if you don’t make it the end. After all, this is not a small thing we are doing, especially if you aren’t in a daily reading habit. If you aren’t in the habit, I humbly suggest that you investigate ways to “create a new reading habit” online. See what you can do to build an atmosphere around this fifteen minutes each day so it becomes something you simply cannot do without. Meanwhile, I’ll be giving you links to the updates every week whether you’re keeping up or not, and then if you just can’t pull it off you’ll know what to expect when you hit it with us next year, and/or the year after that. We will get this done together!