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HAVE YOU PREPARED INDEED? - Capacity Building Series 002
Genesis 41:49, KJV
"And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number."
I wouldn't stop asking if indeed the claims of preparation I heard about some students I was in charge was true. I kept calling and asking if they had prepared indeed for their approaching exams. They were shocked at my repeated calls and enquiries on same. When one asked why I was asking, "I said I needed them to have evidences of preparation until which no one should be assured." It is not the confession of having prepared or being ready that qualifies anyone for what he's expecting. What does is having proofs of having prepared. When you do, you'll have assurance plus any physical tangibility testifying to your preparation. Until you have prepared, you haven't prepared. The Bible describes the preparation of Egypt for the seven years of famine this way. Joseph (the manager in charge of The Grain Project) just didn't store grain, he stored grain until he had assurance that the predicted famine would not be able to hurt any hair of their heads. How did I know that? The Bible has this to say: "and he gathered grains as the sand of the seashore, very much until he left counting."
Did you read that at all? Two things are there indicating the thoroughness of Joseph's preparation. First is 'his gathering grains as the sand of the seashore." The sand of the seashore which cannot be counted or numbered brings to mind such quantity that can feed a nation or multitudes conveniently. It is this that culminates in the second where he lost numbering. Previously, Joseph could measure how much grain he had gathered. He could keep statistics at one level but he got to a place of preparation that his preparation even overwhelmed him. He himself couldn't begin to measure how much grain they had collected again because there was just too much of it that might be troubling to the human mind. Another reason for his inability to ascertain by numbering again may be the lack of adequate measuring unit or measurement for the quantities they've now gathered. We are aware that at this time Egypt was a well developed civilization in the world. They have several invented measures and measurements for things. However, the quantity they experienced which came from the multitude of grains they'll in their history gather might have lacked a proper invented measurement to measure same. Or, the use of that language might have been the writer's way to suggestively acquaint us with such unprecedented quantity in which he gathered.
Irrespective of which reason, Joseph had an overwhelming plan for the famine to come. That's why they were not short of bread though they had to sell to other nations and even accommodate Israel, another nation in Goshen (part of Egypt). God is asking of you preparation and plan that'll overwhelm what He has called you to do. God doesn't want us to be caught unawares or as ill prepared. He doesn't want us to faint and collapse for lack of respect for adequate preparation and plans. Rather, having done all (preparing), He wants us to be able to stand and stand still when the event might have happened and passed. The choice is yours - to be a listener or a despiser. Your choice will attract on you consequence or reward for which you're either happy or full of regrets. However, I'll counsel you to choose life by putting in place overwhelming preparation. So, don't think you've done enough until you've done enough. Study more, gym more, rehearse more and go the long road even if it calls for painful labour, secret cries and sacrifices. It'll show at the end that you gathered grains overwhelmingly like the sand of the sea shore. That's because you'll still be in existence when others have gone into relegation. When unanticipated responsibilities or burdens are suddenly added to you like Egypt that accommodated Israel, you'll be able to fund it with grains that you've acquired with your time and effort. Only those without enough preparation can't sell to others or accommodate them. That's why some are stingy! If you're expecting just a baby, take my counsel, prepare for two. That's putting overwhelming plan in place.
PRAYER: Open my eyes to the coming famine (spiritual and economic) on the world. May I begin to gather grains for sustenance for both.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Romans 6:15-7:1-6 & Psalms 60-63
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