Matthew 16:15
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
A market vendor was asked, do You have Jesus?, and she starts to check but could not find this commodity, but in order not to miss the opportunity all together, she says please wait let me check with my neighbour, she quickly checks and says please there are new customers asking if I have Jesus, do You have Jesus!?
John 4:7-10
⁷There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. ⁸(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) ⁹Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. ¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Just because we look alike doesn’t mean we are the same, we have differing belief systems, divided by cultures, geographical settings, accessible resources and not.
There are places on this planet that the Lord Jesus is not known and yet they also do not worship idols, neither subscribe to religion and its practices.
I have heard of the great dream, where ministers of God are under grave pressure to be relevant and will stop at nothing to get there, following trends and desirable things.
Who is going to preach in the deserts where there are not roads, prisons where the ‘seed’ is faith, and simply hope for a taste of natural Liberty.
Genesis 42:1-2
¹When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” ²He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
When there’s trouble in paradise; is not Canaan the promised Land flowing with milk and honey!
Abram from Canaan did go to Egypt during famine and returned for it was a place God had given him and Abram did mark the place with an alter.
Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Isaac on the other hand was forbidden from going to Egypt but went to Gerar and God supplied him well.
Genesis 26:1-2
¹And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. ²And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Jacob also sent His Children in pursuit of food more than once by reason of famine, and ultimately stayed there and died there, His children stayed there too.(Gen 42:1-2)
After offering sacrifices, God appeared unto Jacob in a vision and gave Him an assurance of life and livelihood however Jacob only returned to Canaan in a Coffin. (Genesis 49:29-33).
Today, Servants of God are stuck in Egypt because of provision, everyone has preferred the cleanest and more appealing assignments. The bondage of the Israelites did not take away provision but they became slaves working for task masters rendering their later generations not to really experience the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Take the Gospel everywhere in the capacity God has provided for You. It is amazing the first candidates that we should show Jesus is the ‘Egyptian’ near You, but their provision has blinded and stopped us sending us back into pursuits of the provisions of the promised Land, redeem the Egyptian too.
Read:
Exodus 1:7-12
Prophetic Utterance:
I will for Your will, ooh Lord.
Guiding Text:
Genesis 42:1-2
¹When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” ²He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Genesis 46:1-4
¹So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. ²And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied. ³“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ⁴I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes. ”