Daily Guide 18th August 2022 | Scripture Union
Read and Meditate on Today’s Scripture Union Daily Guide for Thursday 18 August 2022. May the Lord bless you through His Word, Amen!
SCRIPTURE UNION DAILY GUIDE DEVOTIONAL 18TH AUGUST 2022
Today’s Topic: Strangers and Pilgrims On Earth
Opening Prayer: Dear Lord, I pray that you order my steps today through your word as I meditate on it.
Scripture: Genesis 46:8 – 34
Question(s) for Reflection
• What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
In vs.8‐27 we have the family register of Jacob and his sons. The whole number that went down into Egypt was sixty‐six (v.26), but when we add Joseph and his two sons, who were there before, and Jacob himself, the head of the family, then we have seventy people in total (v.27). This number will be the seed of the descendants of Abraham whom God had promised to make a great nation (12:2).
What makes you anxious as you await the answers to your prayer? God’s promises will surely be fulfilled no matter how long it may take! The reunion between Jacob and Joseph took place in Goshen, the most fertile section of Egypt. Observe Jacob’s great satisfaction in meeting Joseph, “Now I am ready to die?” (v.30). He had so much pleasure and satisfaction in meeting his long‐lost, thought to be dead son after many years of separation.
Jacob and his family were made to settle in Goshen because of their occupation (v.34) and probably because of their nationality (see 43:32). This might have been God’s way of isolating them from any social influence of the Egyptians and also preparing them to possess the land He promised to their forefathers.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
I thank you, Lord God Almighty, that your plan for my life is to give me hope and a future.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with
Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 25‐27
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