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Genesis chapter 47 verse 27.

Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they gained possessions in it,

and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

This verse in chapter 47 is the fulfillment and part of God's promise in chapter 46.

God had said to, Jacob, I will be with you. I will go with you into the land of

Egypt and I will bless you there and in chapter 47 it's happening and I want to just point that out because oftentimes, oftentimes when we were talking in chapter 46 and we prayed, we go into unknowns, we don't have to be afraid because God will provide.

And then oftentimes when God provides, we forget to pause and see his provision.

This is a pattern I see in my own life. So I will be

concerned about this or that like what's going to happen here or there and then a

walk through a circumstance and God will provide and then in the walk through a circumstance and God will provide and then in the midst of his provision

I'll start thinking and worrying about okay well what's gonna happen in the next step over here or there and I won't pause and thank God for the way he's provided in that step.

Like if we're not careful, we can keep moving on from, in a sense, worry to worry.

And we can worry about this thing,

then God will provide, then we all the sudden start worrying about something else.

And it's like, oh, did we not realize that God was faithful to provide once,

he will be faithful to provide again. He will be faithful to provide again.

We don't have to worry.

We don't have to be afraid.

So I want to encourage you.

Just in your life today, this is what this verse prompted me to do, just pause and thank God

for his faithfulness in your life. Think about things that were unknown in your life a year ago, or a month ago, but whenever, some point in the past that are now

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