If there is glory to be revealed and the best is yet to come, it means that the future is superior to the present. Hence, a sensible person will not sacrifice a glorious future on the altar of the present.
The desire for instant gratification is a lethal weapon in the hand of the enemy.
We are told that Isaac loved Esau and was thus ready to hand over the baton to him. Esau lost his future for his present. Whenever Esau killed an animal, he ate it immediately. Jacob on the other hand kept the few animals he could lay his hands on. If only Esau had restrained himself from eating just one of all the animals that he had previously hunted, if only he had delayed gratification a little, things would have turned out differently.
When it was time for Esau to prepare a delicacy for his father so as to get the firstborn’s blessing, he didn’t have any meat, so he had to go out to hunt. Jacob on the other hand who obviously had delayed gratification had meat in the backyard that he quickly cooked, served to his father and got the blessings before Esau got back.
The things that look alluring to you now are just tools in the hands of the devil as he fights hard to ensure you don’t get that crown that never fades.
Don’t trade the pleasures of today for that crown of glory. You don’t want to miss that for anything.
Set your eyes on that incorruptible crown and all the pleasures of this world will mean nothing to you.
The fight will not end until you get the crown.