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GOD’S PROVISION OF SAFETY AND FOOD (1)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Psalm 23
“The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.”
GOD’S PROVISION OF SAFETY AND FOOD (1)
In those ancient days, there was no technology as there is today, but Israel had learned in Egypt the efficient methods of preserving food to last for a long time. Earlier when the Lord revealed the interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream to Joseph, he had told them of seven years of fruitful harvest and seven years of famine. Joseph’s counsel was that the food harvested in the seven years of plenty should be preserved for the seven years of famine. This worked well and all nations had to come to Egypt to buy grain. The provision of good harvest was one thing, and preservation was another. All that knowledge came from the Lord and Israel carried it to the new land and God’s hand was with them in all their labour so that they lived well.
The Lord promised to bless them as they went out and came in. This promise inspired the writing of many psalms and the words of Psalm 121 represented this expression. It says: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”
The enemies of Israel shall be smitten and scattered in “seven ways” (Deut 28:7). “Seven ways” means they would be completely defeated. The blessings promised to Israel means that everything they set their hands on would be blessed. Moses added, “The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways” (Deut 28:9). God is faithful to His promises.
THOUGHT: God’s stores are ever full.
PRAYER: Father, may Thy riches in glory be my satisfaction.