Genesis 46:28-34
"Jacob Arrives in Egypt"
Firstly, sorry for the infrequent posts - I've had a lot of studying to do and not enough time to type out my devo notes.
Secondly, i'm not going to play catch up on the missed posts.
So, here we have Jacob and his sons all arriving in Egypt to live with Joseph. Now, there's a bit of a problem: where will they live? Joseph has a plan. He brings them into Goshen (the Nile Delta), which is some of the best land and tells them he is going to bring Pharaoh for them to meet. In the process, he also tells them, when Pharaoh asks about their occupations, to say they're shepherds and herdsmen (Egyptians found shepherds and herdsmen abhorrent). The plan is to repulse Pharaoh enough such that he will give them the land on which they're currently standing. If hat occurs, the soon-to-be Israelites would have just acquired, with Pharaoh's blessing, some of the best land in Egypt.
God wants the best for his people. We can see this in the reuniting of Joseph and Jacob as well as in the planning for the best land. God isn't going to settle for second best for His people. As Christians, Paul mentions in Romans that we have inherited the covenant of Abraham in our righteousness through faith in Christ (Romans 4). We, as Christians, are God's people, too. God wants to bless His people, so why don't we let Him?
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