RPG Adults
ARRIVAL IN “EXODUS LAND”
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
Genesis 46:28-34
Psalm 40:1-8
“…where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.”
ARRIVAL IN “EXODUS LAND”
Try to visualise Jacob’s journey from Canaan to Egypt: a large convoy of wagons, asses, perhaps camels, other beasts of burden, and a vast herd of livestock in the charge of Jacob’s sons and servants, slowly trekking westward over 200 miles of wilderness. Think of the problems of food and water supply, sanitation (primitive) and sickness, etc.
Despite all these, Jacob’s heart must have been filled with great expectation: that he would soon see his thought-to-be-dead son, Joseph. His heart must also be filled with gratitude to his Almighty God for this “miracle” of seeing Joseph alive again. Indeed, the Lord God is the God of impossibles!
Finally, they arrived at Goshen where Jacob was reunited with Joseph after a separation of over twenty years. It was an emotional event: Joseph “…fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while” (Gen 46:29). As for Jacob, he was contented to die “…since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive” (Gen 46:30).
Then Joseph got on with the pressing practical business of settling his father’s household in the land. In his God-given wisdom, he arranged first for an audience with Pharaoh, so that Jacob could present himself and his family, to offer their respects. Joseph then suggested that since they were shepherds, it might be best for them to settle in Goshen, separate from the Egyptians who regarded herdsmanship as a degrading task, “an abomination” (Gen 46:34).
THOUGHT: (Read Ecclesiastes 9:10.)
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for the tasks Thou putteth in my hands daily. Help me to do my best for Thee, Father.