Seize the Moment – Day 413
When the Forecast is Dire, Faith Gives us Hope!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, May 4.
The situation has become dire for God’s people as a famine has come upon the Promised Land. The new and inexperienced family leader, Isaac, was feeling the heavy weight of responsibility ever since his father Abraham had died. He needs clear instructions on what to do so that his wife and twin boys—Jacob and Esau—won’t perish in the desperate days of famine.
Will God keep His promise to Isaac and his family?
The Lord both reassures and commands Isaac in Genesis 26:3, “Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.”
From his time with God, Isaac trusts God and makes a go at it. It takes great courage to live out your faith and trust God for your family and future in such a heavy circumstance.
While the forecast looked desperate, his faith kept him hopeful. He trusted God’s Word!
Listen to how Isaac responds to God’s great provision in Genesis 26:25, “So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.”
Isaac worshipped the Lord by building an altar to worship God and to remember God’s power and provision to keep His promises. When we are faced with a dire forecast and finding it difficult to trust the promises of God, remember how God has come through for you and your family time and time again in the past. He will do so, again and again, in the future.
Seize the moment and trust God’s power and provision for you and your family.