Text: Genesis 25: 29-34• “Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in

from the field, and he was weary. And Esau came to Jacob, please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary. Therefore his name was called Edom. But Jacob said, sell me your birthright as of this day. And Esau said, Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me. Then Jacob said, swear to me as of this day. And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose and went his way. Thus Esau sold his birthright.”

The God of Jacob• All Christians claim Jacob’s

Geneology• We Claim His Blessings• We Praise Him for Wrestling

With God• We Credit Him With Craftiness• We Vilify Esau

How Many Christians Want Jacob’s Cross ?

Why do all Christians Align towards Jacob?

Answer: Genesis 25: 23-28• “ But the children struggled together within

her; and she said, if all is well, why am I like this? So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her: two nations are in your womb, two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger. So when her days were fulfilled, indeed there were twins in her womb.”

Answer: Genesis 25: 23-28• “And the first came out red. He was like a

hairy garment all over, so they called him name Esau. And afterward his brother came out, and his hand tool hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was Jacob.

• 27. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Quick Reality Check• Why Should a Skilled Hunter Beg? • Picture The Image of Esau and Jacob• Why Did Sell His Birthright ?• What Was the Prevailing Circumstance ?• What Was the Outlook ?• You Choose Between Cooking and Hunting• It is a Mindset: Individual and National

It is a Destiny!

Choose Your Nation• Nigeria• Switzerland• South Africa• Japan• Thailand• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• Mauritius• Singapore• United States of America

• Rank Here

National Mindset

Find Your Nation• Mild Mannered• Respectful• Conservative and

Thrifty• Conscientious• Time Conscious• Society-Oriented• Future Conscious• Faith-Reliant

• Macho, Voyeurism and Adventure

• Consumerism• Greed and Avarice• Corruption• Lovers of Enjoyment• Egotistic• Power-Conscious• Self-Reliant

Always a Battle

Classify These Nations• Nigeria• Switzerland• South Africa• Japan• Thailand• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• Mauritius• Singapore• United States of America

Question“Why Should Nigeria

Be An Esau Nation When You and I

Live Here ?”

Answers• We Are Not Knowledgeable Enough ?• We Lack Understanding?• We Lack Wisdom ?• We Flee From Tribulations and Trials• We Do Not Commune With God Enough• We Are Too Religious

Nigerian Situation?

Job 12: 12- 25Nigeria Now!

Job 12: 12- 25• With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of

days understanding. With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Job 12: 12- 25• With him [is] strength and wisdom: the

deceived and the deceiver [are] his. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12: 12- 25• He poureth contempt upon princes, and

weakeneth the strength of the mighty. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].

Job 12: 12- 25• He taketh away the heart of the chief of the

people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].(KJV)

RememberHow Many of You

remember How Israel Got a King ?

Daniel and Joseph• He Gives Kings Visions• He Gives His Own Knowledge, Wisdom and

Understanding• He Gives Nations Challenges• He Gives His Elected Solutions• He Gives Kings Rulership• He Gives His Own Influence and Power• He Gives Kings Fear• He Gives The Anointed Insight

QuestionWhat Are The

Possible Solutions To

Nigeria’s Current

Impasse ?

My Ideas

P.I.E.S• Trust Deficit• Twenty Four Months• Graduated Subsidy Withdrawal• Corresponding Government Service Delivery• Independent Evaluation and Monitoring

Political• Budgeting• Big Government• Duplicity• Wastage• Salaries of Politicians• Corruption• Implementation of

Reports (KPMG)

Infrastructure• Clear Infrastructural

Development Plan• Prioritisation of Projects• Roads and Rail• Seaport and Airports• Health and Emergency

Services• Housing• Education• Power

Economics• Ease of Doing

Business• SME Kickstart• Employment

Generation• Technology Hubs• Agriculture

Social• Safety Net• Poverty Alleviation• Fuel Vouchers• Food Vouchers• Social Change

Campaign Against Waste

• Senior Citizens and Minors

Prayer Points• Psalm 44:3 and 4 (Nigerian Independence)• Psalm 33:10-11 (No Heathen Counsel)• Psalm 9: 18 (The Cries of The Needy)• Psalm 50:15 (Who Else Can We Call On)• Psalm 72:12-14 (There Shall Be No Violence)• Isaiah 60:15 (The Church Shall Be Sought)• Acts 14:8-17 (His Anointed Will Become gods)