Fight the famine

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Fight the famine

The Lord began to speak to me about the famines in the Bible and how that there are similarities to the famines we experience in our lives. In this blog I want to challenge you and encourage you all at the same time to stand up and fight the famine. To refuse anything that does not look like Gods plan for your life. If you are in a famine this will also help you because you should not was the experience of being in a famine come out with some wealth and some increase in your life as you will see in the life of Abraham how God used the famine to take him to a new level of wealth. Now that’s worth reading about isn’t it.

Genesis 12 vs. 10

10 At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner. 11 As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’ 13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.” 14 And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone spoke of Sarai’s beauty. 15 When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace. 16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her–sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. 17 But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!” 20 Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife and all his possessions.

Also read 2 Kings 6 vs. 24 to chapter 7 vs. 1-20

The Lord has just blessed Abraham and he finds himself in a famine. You can be a blessed person and still see things go the wrong way in your life. This is not a time to cry it’s a time to hear from God and see the opportunities that are hidden behind the situation. Know that God is at work even in times when things look dab. When the famine is at its worst great miracles are cooking on your behalf.
There was always a miracle behind every famine, it’s a setup

I have come to learn that these famines of money and resources’ are nowhere near as bad as the famines that I want to list below. In fact the financial famine is often a result of one of these. But few deal with the real problem when there is a famine in their lives. We would rather work on the symptom of a lack of money rather than the real challenge.

Do a quick assessment of your life and identify an area where you could be facing a famine situations and draw up a plan to get yourself out of it.

Types of famine
Famine=Shortage, dearth, want, scarcity, deprivation, food shortage
1.    Famine of the Word of God (logos and rhema) 1 Samuel 3 vs. 1
2.    Famine of Prayer and true spirituality 1 Kings 10 vs. 13-14
3.    Famine of wisdom
4.    Famine of vision
5.    Famine of ideas, Creativity and imagination
6.    Famine of Morality and values
7.    Famine of Purity and holiness
8.    Famine of money, food and resource’s (note this last famine is a result of all the others)

Therefore when you see a famine of money, wealth and resource’s you must look at the other types of Famine. I have been mentoring a group of wealth creators and one of the conclusions that we have come up with is if we are to be wealthy we must have many ideas, we must generate some IP intellectual property because that will produce ideas that will create wealth. I can tell you they are better of now after three months on the program they are wealthier than they ere before and I mean not just in money they would not have had but also in the mindset they have adopted as wealth creators.
 

Genesis 26 vs. 1-25

This is an amazing passage of scripture that will bless you to read and meditate on it. Isaac was facing a famine situation just like his father and God told him not to go to Egypt but remain in Gerar. Interesting wow God said to one go to Egypt and to another don’t go, so there is no formula you just have to listen to Gods instruction. While there he lied like his father about his wife being his sister until they see him fondling his wife (Maybe I should do a blog in Married and loving it about Isaac fondles his wife {No under 21}) but again God uses this situation to bless Isaac and establish his wealth and influence. There is a pattern you better pick.

When Isaac is chased away he leaves and has the famous fight over the wells he dug till God makes room for him and he grew in wealth and stature until Abimelech comes looking for him to make a peace treaty. God can bless you in your famine season s much that the enemy will come and say I see the Hand of God is on your life lets be at peace so that when you become great you don’t fight me we will be friends

Pharaoh dreams of famine (Genesis 41) The dream shook him so much he had to find a solution and the good news is here was a solution. SO there is hope for you there is a solution.

The dangers of famine
From 2 Kings 6 vs. 24 to chapter 7 vs. 1-20 the passage we read earlier there are some thing we learn about being in famine. Here is a strong warning against languishing in famine and not doing anything about it.

1. People become selfish, sinful and self-centered (self preservation is the name of the game)
2. People become enemies, kings become murderers, friends become foes and mothers become cannibals
3. People fail to find a way out. They are all wired to think, “This is our lot in life”
4. The king said & “from where shall I help you?'' When rulers become helpless there is a crisis 2 Kings 6 vs. 26-27
5. We cease to be creative and imaginative we only see dead ends...
6. Hope differed makes the heart sick... Discouragement overwhelms the hearts of the people
7. In famine we begin to eat our future investments. Mothers were killing their children and eating them because of desperation. The world today is killing its future because of famine.
8. Even when answers present themselves to you; you fail to see them as answers all you see is death. You blame God for the famine 2 Kings 6 vs. 33

Well let me stop here and we will finish our study tomorrow as we look at what to do when you are in famine. There are some practical bible based steps that you can take that will bring you out of the famine seasons in your life