I don't like an empty frig!

"There was a famine in the land..." Genesis 26:1. This was the second famine or recession that Abraham's family experienced as they journeyed through the Promise land while living in tents. However, this famine was experienced by Isaac, the child of promise!

I admit that I don't like an empty frig! I don't like an empty wallet! I don't like driving around on an empty gas tank (although I do push the edge on that one too often)! I don't like not getting enough sleep! I can't imagine going through a famine! Can you? I've often heard the stories about people who lived during the Great Depression who did whatever it took to survive! They made their own clothes, raised their own food, worked from sun up til sun down for pennies and on and on the list goes! That generation became a great nation of workers and builders but they had to endure the famine and depression until better days of prosperity began.

In this story about Issac, God tells him not to "run to Egypt" but stay in the land of famine and live! This week I heard a preacher say, "Just because there is famine in the land, doesn't mean that there has to be a famine on the inside of you!" That statement is so true!
Issac heard a word from God to "stay put"! And he did. Not only did he obey but he went a step further. Genesis 26:12 says, "Then Isaac sowed seed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him." God blessed Isaac because he trusted in Him! Whenever "they" talk about the economic meltdown, housing markets crashing, Wall Street tanking, global markets in crisis I just say a prayer to the God who blesses and prospers His people and ask Him what to do!

God knows economics! He understands recession, famine, bear markets, bull markets, 401k's and pension funds but don't forget that God only wants ONE thing. He wants us to trust him! Trust him when famine strikes at your job, your marriage, your family, your church, your school or the nation! He will give you a supernatural word from heaven to help you sow seed in the land and produce great results! Read Genesis 26 until you get that down into your heart! Don't worry about might happen. Keep your ears open to listen to God's voice, stay put, sow seed, dig wells, take care of your family and TRUST IN THE LORD!
Shalom
Tad