Jam on Toast

Buttered toast, while edible and sufficient for morning nutrition, lacks flavor without something a little sweet. I like pulling out some Strawberry jam from the fridge, spreading it evenly (one of my OCD's) across the bread, sitting down with a cup of coffee, while doing my One Year Bible reading. It just seems the bread tastes better that way; and of course it does.

As Jacob was returning to his homeland, he knows full well he has to pass right by Esau. Jacob puts jam on the bread by sending gifts ahead of himself to his brother, having his servants call Esau "lord" and Jacob referring to himself as Esau's "servant". If there was ever a time in Jacob's life that he needed to jam the bread, this was it.

Esau had opportunity and motive to destroy Jacob... but instead Jacob found favor in Esau's eyes (Genesis 33:8). The reunion was a shocker, probably most for Jacob as he limped along from his encounter with God.

More often than not, putting a little jam on the bread of people's lives, will make the gospel more palatable. We do this through serving and giving grace to them.

Got Jam?