DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 19; Psalms 58-59; Acts 10:24-48
And they told him all the words of Joseph…[and] the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Genesis 45:27
Jacob was old and his days were spent mourning his losses. Rachel was dead, he believed Joseph was too and God’s promises seemed as dry as the desert sand. His remaining comfort, Benjamin, had been whisked away in a time of famine and crisis (Gen. 43:14). Surely the end was near! But God used Jacob’s surrender of Benjamin to bring about a marvelous deliverance. God proved that circumstances don’t dictate our reality—He does. Jacob was revived, restored and renewed when his hope was in God alone. May this be our experience. —Deborah Manera
“God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.” —Andrew Murray