DEALING WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS 5

Hi there! A very beautiful day it is. I know you love Fridays and you’re screaming Thank God its Friday! It is well with you. Today, we’ll continue with our study on Famine in the Bible.

Last time, I shared with you how God delivered two nations (Israel and Egypt) from being terminated by using Joseph who had Prophetic Intelligence and Revelation. Hope you can still remember? If you can’t, you can read the last post  on Dealing with the Current Economic crisis.

Today, we will be considering the several consequences and Human tendencies in the time of Famine from Genesis 47:13-26.

From vs 13-15 we find the following

     a.     Savings get depleted

     b.     The poor get poorer and the rich get richer

     c.      People feed from hand to mouth

     d.     The purchasing power of money fails and gets devalued

     e.     There is low or no cash.

From vs 16-17  we can find out that people began/begin to sell their possessions in order to feed

vs 18-26 shows another part of the human tendencies

     a.     Forced humility

     b.     Readiness and willingness to do anything with their bodies i.e labour of any kind, prostitution, stealing etc

     c.      People sell out their heritage

     d.     Survival becomes the ultimate for them.

I’m sure that you would have noticed that throughout this study, people always have and still have delusory behavior or attitude, and you will agree with me that God does not want us to do that. He still demands from us total holiness and obedience.

Today and henceforth, God’s blessings will be yours in Jesus name. You shall not experience lack or loss of any kind in Jesus name. The Matchless God is working on your behalf from now on in Jesus name.

Shalom!

ADESINA ABEGUNDE