Grain in Unexpected Places

"There is grain in Egypt" (Gen. 42:2). Famine squeezed all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family would suffer from it. But the God of providence, who never forgets those He elects in love, had set up a storehouse for His people by giving the Egyptians advance warning of the famine and leading them to collect extra grain during years of plenty. Jacob never expected rescue from Egypt, but there was the grain waiting for him. Believer, even if everything seems to be against you, rest assured that God has reserved grain on your behalf; in the written list of your troubles, there is a protective clause. Somehow He will deliver you, and somewhere He will provide for you. The place from which your rescue comes may be very unexpected, but help will certainly come in your time of need-and you will praise the name of the Lord.

—Charles Spurgeon