May 21 Evening Devotional | The God of Providence | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Evening, May 21 | “There is grain in Egypt.” —Genesis 42:2 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Genesis 42:1-5 (NASB)

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?” He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die.” Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt. But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm may befall him.” So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Famine pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family would suffer great want. But the God of providence, who never forgets the objects of electing love, had stored a granary for his people by giving the Egyptians warning of the scarcity and leading them to treasure up the grain from the years of plenty. Little did Jacob expect deliverance from Egypt, but there was grain in store for him.

Believer, though all things are apparently against you, rest assured that God has made a reservation on your behalf; in the roll of your griefs, there is a saving clause. Somehow he will deliver you, and somewhere he will provide for you. The source from which your rescue shall arise may be a very unexpected one, but help will assuredly come in your extremity, and you shall magnify the name of the Lord. If men do not feed you, ravens shall; and if earth yield not wheat, heaven shall drop with manna.

Therefore be of good courage, and rest quietly in the Lord. God can make the sun rise in the west if he pleases, and make the source of distress the channel of delight. The grain in Egypt was all in the hands of the beloved Joseph; he opened or closed the granaries at will. And so the riches of providence are all in the absolute power of our Lord Jesus, who will dispense them liberally to his people. Joseph was abundantly ready to help his own family, and Jesus is unceasing in his faithful care for his brethren.

Our business is to go after the help which is provided for us: we must not sit still in despondency, but stir ourselves. Prayer will bear us soon into the presence of our royal Brother. Once before his throne, we have only to ask and have. His stores are not exhausted; there is still grain: his heart is not hard, he will give the grain to us. Lord, forgive our unbelief, and this evening constrain us to draw largely from your fullness and receive grace for grace.

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