When you finally see Esau in you — the flesh — you begin to appreciate the Holy Spirit in you and arise to put Him at work.

In Scripture, Esau represents the flesh — the old nature that wants immediate gratification, anger, pride, and self-will (Genesis 25:29–34; Hebrews 12:16).
Jacob represents the spiritual man — the one who desires the blessing, the promise, and God’s future.
When Jacob was about to meet Esau again (Genesis 32–33), he was terrified — because you cannot overcome the flesh with human effort. That fear drove him to wrestle with God. That is where transformation happened. Jacob became Israel — a man governed by the Spirit, not by the flesh.

This is exactly what Paul teaches:
“For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh…” — Galatians 5:17
Most believers live defeated because they don’t recognize Esau inside them. They think the enemy is external, when the greatest battle is internal.
Once you see Esau — the impatience, anger, lust, fear, pride — you realize:
“I cannot win this by discipline alone. I need the Holy Spirit.”
And that’s when spiritual life truly begins.
The Holy Spirit is not given just for church moments — He is given to subdue Esau.
“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” — Galatians 5:16
So when Esau rises, the correct response is not guilt or self-hate — it is dependence.
You shift from:
“I must try harder”
to
“Holy Spirit, take control.”
That is what it means to arise and put Him at work.