Day 30

God is not limited by the economy, your job, or the stock market – GOD owns it all..!
Keep your hope in Him, & you will not just make it, you will see abundance, overflow, pressed down, shaken together, & running over..
Not after the drought, but IN the drought..!
Obedience to God brings great harvest & blessing inspite of famine..
There was a famine in the land, as bad as the famine during the time of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
God appeared to him and said, “Don’t go down to Egypt; stay where I tell you.
Stay here in this land and I’ll be with you and bless you. I’m giving you and your children all these lands, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Isaac planted crops in that land and took in a huge harvest. God blessed him.
(Genesis 26:1-3, 12)
Isaac could have looked at things in the natural and talked himself right out of it, but instead, Isaac had a bold obedience. Scripture says, “In the midst of the famine, he sowed a seed in the land.” and “In the same year, in the famine, he received a 100-fold return.”
Isaac could have reasoned things out and held onto those seeds for years waiting for the conditions to be perfect, but nothing would have happened..
Isaac understood that the power was not in the seed, the power was in the obedience. When he obeyed, that’s when the miracle happened..
The conditions don’t have to be perfect. The economy doesn’t have to be booming for you to be blessed..
All the odds can be against you, but when God asks you to do something (He could use any means) and you don’t argue or make excuses, you just do it, that’s when the breakthrough comes..
– DO NOT GO DOWN TO EGYPT! (Genesis 26:2)
In scripture, “Egypt” is symbolic of the world, the world system, or the devil’s way of doing things as opposed to God’s way. This command from the Lord applied to your life situation means that you should not run to the world or the world system for answers or to look for an escape. If you do, you will only reap MORE TROUBLE.
– SOJOURN IN THIS LAND! (Genesis 26:3)
Simply translated this means STAY PUT! It is human nature to want to look for greener pastures when the circumstances we are in get uncomfortable. But God’s plan for your victory requires your cooperation and obedience to the Lord. God wants you to remain steadfast in your situation (not run away) and apply God’s Word to your famine. For example, if your marriage is facing a famine of love, don’t run away from it as the world would suggest to you. Instead apply God’s Word to your marriage. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 instructs us on how to love.
Applied to any loveless situation, it will turn things around because as 1 Corinthians 13:8 promises, LOVE NEVER FAILS.
– SOW SEED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAMINE!
Your circumstances may appear hopeless to the natural eye and the thought of pouring out time, love, energy or money may seem like a waste to those around you. But understand that God delights to bring forth a hundred-fold harvest in the middle of a famine for those who dare to believe His Word.
You cannot let your circumstances dictate your actions, you must allow God’s Word to guide you. That is the only way to have victory in the midst of a famine..
God loves to prove Himself faithful to His Word through the lives of His people..
At times God’s ways may seem contrary to your own logic, but you can be assured that God’s Word ALWAYS works and will bring a harvest – even in a time of famine..
“God does wonders that cannot be understood; He does so many miracles they cannot be counted.…..” (Job‬ ‭5‬:‭9‬)