The Lord said: “I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.” As a result, Esau’s heritage lay waste and inhabitants wallow in utter impoverishment, desperation and desolation. Every self help embarked on by Esau to rebuild the desolate places attracted direct demolition by the Lord God Almighty. Why? The reason was because the borders of Esau were surrounded with wickedness. God was not honoured in the borders of Esau. Wickedness is unrighteousness and God opposes, obfuscates and obliterates the light of the wicked (Job 18:5).
Esau rather than repent and change his ways hardened his heart preferring to embark on self help. Esau would arrogantly declare: "we are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate place." He was impoverished due to his sins yet he would go back to build desolate places in wickedness
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The two brothers in this exchange tried to communicate measure of abundance and their sources. While Jacob acknowledged God as his source, Esau placed squarely the credit on self. Jacob recognised God as the source of his greatness and wealth while Esau praised self for what he had achieved. He said, “I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.”
Any house or purpose built outside the Lord is on faulty foundation and will collapse when the flood hits. In Psalm 127:1 it was recorded that “except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
To labour and watch are acceptable and essential life activities but they have to be done while recognising the place of God in granting success.
The Almighty God blesses the individual and people that recognise Him as the Lord while He punishes those who refuse to recognise His