READ: Genesis 26:12-31
“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes…” – Psalm 113:7, 8
In Isaac’s day, everyone was trying to travel to Egypt. But the Lord appeared to Isaac and told him not to leave (Genesis 26:1-4). The Lord blessed Isaac when he stayed in the land of famine. In spite of the economic situation, Isaac was able to prosper. He had a hundred per cent profit during that particular period.
God can make you very great! I see God taking you forward in spite of your circumstances! No famine can keep you down anymore! No matter who is in government, you are going to make it! There may be a global economic crisis, but God will prosper you!
Isaac begun to have political problems with the community. Is it not interesting that after a person works hard to build something, someone else claims the rewards? Some people always want to reap what they have not sown! Isaac’s well was taken from him on two different occasions. He lawfully built a well, but lazy and ungrateful people contended with him over it. Laziness and ingratitude are vices that cause a gloomy cloud of despondency and retrogression to settle. They lead to recurring curses of poverty.
Isaac continued building, in spite of having been cheated. God’s prosperity for your life will happen despite what people do and say. No matter your background, family or education, God can lift you up. God is a specialist at taking you out of the dust and placing you among princes. No circumstance is too difficult for the Lord.