Spurgeon: May PM
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"There is corn in Egypt."
--Genesis 42:2
Famine pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that
Jacob and his family should suffer great want; but the God of
providence, who never forgets the objects of electing love, had
stored a granary for His people by giving the Egyptians warning
of the scarcity, and leading them to treasure up the grain of
the years of plenty. Little did Jacob expect deliverance from
Egypt, but there was the corn in store for him. Believer, though
all things are apparently against thee, rest assured that God
has made a reservation on thy behalf; in the roll of thy griefs
there is a saving clause. Somehow He will deliver thee, and
somewhere He will provide for thee. The quarter from which thy
rescue shall arise may be a very unexpected one, but help will
assuredly come in thine extremity, and thou shalt magnify the
name of the Lord. If men do not feed thee, ravens shall; and if
earth yield not wheat, heaven shall drop with manna. Therefore
be of good courage, and rest quietly in the Lord. God can make
the sun rise in the west if He pleases, and make the source of
distress the channel of delight. The corn in Egypt was all in
the hands of the beloved Joseph; he opened or closed the
granaries at will. And so the riches of providence are all in
the absolute power of our Lord Jesus, who will dispense them
liberally to His people. Joseph was abundantly ready to succour
his own family; and Jesus is unceasing in His faithful care for
His brethren. Our business is to go after the help which is
provided for us: we must not sit still in despondency, but
bestir ourselves. Prayer will bear us soon into the presence of
our royal Brother: once before His throne we have only to ask
and have: His stores are not exhausted; there is corn still: His
heart is not hard, He will give the corn to us. Lord, forgive
our unbelief, and this evening constrain us to draw largely from
Thy fulness and receive grace for grace.