Abraham had gone down to Egypt when the famine had previously struck. But God told Isaac to sow in the place of famine. God wanted to do something new. He wanted to do something in that place of famine. There are miracles within the famine of our lives.
“Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. 15 So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth. 16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.” (Genesis 26 v 12-18)
The result of obedience was God’s greatness upon his life. He became a threat to the Philistines. God’s purpose for your life is for you to receive His greatness upon you. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are. The conditions may not be ideal for you right now, but God doesn’t need perfect circumstances to bring blessings to your life. There are times to escape, as Abraham did when he faced famine. But there are seasons when God says – “stay and sow”.
Remember who you serve. The one who transforms a few loaves of bread and fish titbits to feed a multitude, who splits rocks open to quench the thirst of millions, and who in famines can produce a harvest that causes the world around you to be envious.
The blessing in your life can also bring opposition.
Maybe you have known this same kind of opposition. The enemy of our lives desires to block our spiritual vitality. If your days of anointing and intimacy with God are more in the past than the present, then it could be that the wells of your heart have been filled in with discouragement and doubt.
What would it look like to reopen those wells in your life? To clear away whatever has blocked your access to God’s presence. Are there promises over your life once given that need a new season to breathe again?
This season may be difficult, but you can thrive in that difficulty.
Missions Paul 