When Yitzchak felt he was growing old, he wished to give Eisav the blessings that would enable him to support himself and his brother Yaakov.
To facilitate giving him the brachos, Yitzchak asked Eisav to go and hunt animals for him, then to prepare them the way Yitzchak liked them, so he would be able to bless his eldest son.
It would be understandable to Eisav that his father wanted a good meal, which would put him in a good mood, and then he would be better able to give a proper blessing. But that wasn’t the case.
We find that Yitzchak gave Eisav specific instructions about taking his weapons and hunting tools, and other details that Eisav would know on his own, without needing to be told.
Why, then, did Yitzchak do that?
So that each action, and every step, would be a mitzvah accruing to Eisav’s merit, making him more worthy of the bracha. In this way it would have more efficacy.
A phenomenal takeaway from this is that our intent to serve Hashem can turn every moment of our days, even when we are doing “mundane” things, into myriad mitzvos. Each action done for the sake of Heaven adds to our merit, and makes us more ready to be blessed by Hashem.
