A Divine Confirmation

FAITH IN ACTION:
LIVING AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE
God's Protection
Joseph Transmits Abraham's Promise

Genesis 46:1-7

The Message

 ¹ So Israel set out on the journey with everything he owned. He arrived at Beersheba and worshiped, offering sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. ² God spoke to Israel in a vision that night: "Jacob! Jacob!"
   "Yes?" he said. "I'm listening."
 ^3-4 God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there. I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."
 ^5-7 Then Jacob left Beersheba. Israel's sons loaded their father and their little ones and their wives on the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him. They arrived in Egypt with the livestock and the wealth they had accumulated in Canaan. Jacob brought everyone in his family with him—sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters. Everyone.

For Reflection
Our Bible is a testimony to God's faithfulness to human kind.   His faithfulness warrants our faithfulness.   Without a thought, without consideration, without debate or doubt -- as a matter of course, first nature, Isrsael' first act was one of worship, offering sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  Our God is a confirming God. He confirms his faithfulness to all of us.  Do we confirm his faithfulness to us?  Do something this week that confirms God's faithfulness to you.

Pray
that you will not take this life for granted.  Pray for humility.  Pray for those who muck their way through life with out the experience of God's faithfulness.  Pray that you will be a strong witness to God's faithfulness.