Ep 20. ”When We Do Things Our Way” Genesis 25-27

“My Way” was a song written in 1969 by Paul Anka, and composed and co-written by Jacques Revaux. It was written for and sung originally by Frank Sinatra. It was also sung by other popular artists such as Elvis Presley and Sid Vicious. The song is played a lot during funerals in the UK. The song is nothing more than a swan song and a summary of a man who lived his life “his way”.  After a lifetime of decisions, regrets, and various outcomes, the song closes with “Yes, it was my way.” The song is blatantly selfish and focuses on one thing and one thing only, doing things our way. Pleasing the flesh, putting ourselves above others, making hard decisions based on what we want, facing the music, and having regrets because we have to be first.

In this story, we have 4 individuals who sang the same song. At the end of Chapter 27, a chapter of lies, betrayal, greed, selfishness, and a broken family, Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob could all simply say “Yes, it was my way.”