DAD'S RAMBLING -- EMMANUEL -- GOD IS WITH US

EMMANUEL:  GOD IS WITH US
Genesis 46:3-4

"So He said, 'I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.' "

Jacob did not have to fear what lay ahead because God promised to be with him and bring him through whatever would happen in Egypt. God did not tell Jacob the future for his family – slavery, only that he would be with him until death, and would bring him again to Canaan. (The phrase, "put his hand on your eyes," refers to the old custom of closing a person's eyes after he dies.) God does not always reveal all the challenges that will face me in the future. He only says I don't need to fear because He is with me until death and will deliver me. "No temptation [or trial] has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (I Corinthians 10:13).

TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: No matter what the future holds, God is faithful and will bring us through.

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Have a "God with you" day. Love you.