Grace For Unusual Lifting. Part 10.

The word of the Lord bears record of the things the children of Israel left Canaan with on their journey to Egypt. This also reveals to us that not all things become necessary on this journey and some were exchanged for others that can be taken along. The word of the Lord in verse 6 says,

“And they took their cattle and the gains which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him:”

At some points in life, some things may be considered to be very important but when you have to travel at the expense of Joesph and the king of Egypt, you know certain things will not be necessary to carry along because they have all been taken care of and are expected to be among the best in the world. What a glorious God we serve? Hallelujah!

Each time we read the Bible, there are parts the enemy want us to lose interest in and that is the part with a lot of genealogy that makes it look uninteresting, but if we are careful enough, we will begin to see much more deeper than what it was initially. From verse 7, the word of the Lord says,

“His sons and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters and his sons’ daughters—all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.”

And it is so important to take note that all the seeds of Israel were in Egypt for a fixed time to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken to Abraham many years before (read Genesis 15:12-16) and the time of their stay in Egypt would be over.

The word of the Lord from verse 8 down went on to reveal to us the names of all the people that went into the land of Egypt, but when it was time for them to come out, it was a great crowd that they could not all be named like it was done from verse 8 down. The word says,

“And these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah. All of his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.”

Despite the few number that passed away in the journey, it is amazing the great number of people that the Lord brought into Egypt. Beloved, there is a divine plan of the Lord for each one of us, don’t let anyone hinder you from being a part of God’s plan for His people. Let the Lord fight your battle and bring you into His divine agenda for your life.

The Lord has a great and glorious plan for your life, be careful and let the Lord help you to get to the fullness of it in Jesus name. Shalom!

Written and edited by Igho L Y.