BUILDING UP
Today's reading: Genesis 44-47

"So the people of Israel settled in the land of Goshen in Egypt. And before long, they began to prosper there, and their population grew rapidly." Genesis 47:27 NLT

The family of Jacob settled in nicely in Egypt.

There was food there. There were grazing lands for their flocks. They had prestige, due to Joseph, in this land.

They prospered.

I really believe they thought 'this' was it.

They needed to look no farther. They needed to travel never again. They had found home.

But we know the end of the story, don't we? We know how Pharoah would eventually become very much perturbed by their presence, force them into slavery and eventually push them away--to the Promised Land.

Maybe you and I are settled in where we are. Comfortable. Content. Believing 'this' is where God needs us to be.

But only God knows the plans He has for us. Where He desires we go. What He desires we change into. When He desires we pick up our tent and move into a new place. Who else He needs us to reach for Him.

We can trust Him.

Always, we can trust Him.