SCRIPTURE: Genesis (NIV) 46:2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.
3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.”
OBSERVATION: Jacob has just recently learned that the son he had long considered dead was alive and in charge of all Egypt, second only to Pharaoh! Now he had stopped for a night on his way to see Joseph. God appeared to Him in a vision. “Do not be afraid to go to where you are headed. I am going to make you a great nation there. I’ll take care of the rest of my plan. I will go with you and I will SURELY bring you back!”
APPLICATION: In my youth, God led me out of Kansas and went with me. Each place He led me He was with me. In 1989 He brought me back to Kansas. After 20 years of pastoring Andover Assembly of God, I resigned as the senior pastor. It was then that God assigned me to write and post daily SOAPs (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer).
God has taken the simple SOAPs I write and accomplished more than I ever dreamed. Being faithful in little things makes them available for His use. And when He uses something that He planned, it moves in His power and with His anointing. It has the potential of heaven. He is working out His plan!
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you are the God who is with me. You are the promise-keeping God. You are the God who cares for me and is working out your plans. Your plans include using me for your glory. Your plans for me include being your dwelling place for a short time here on earth, then joining you in your dwelling place for all eternity! Wow!!! Amen
Pastor Leon
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