Feast and Famine
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Trusting in God should not lead us to idleness. Today, R.C. Sproul discusses how, during a period of great abundance, Joseph diligently prepared the Egyptians for the years of famine to come.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | When people put their trust in God to provide for their needs in times of crises, |
| 0:07.0 | that the way God usually provides for the needs of his people is through human agencies. |
| 0:16.6 | And there's no piety in sitting back in the rocking chair as Jacob could have done and |
| 0:21.5 | said, well, you know, I trust God, God's going to feed us and |
| 0:25.8 | I'll just wait for it to rain quail from heaven. |
| 0:28.4 | He takes the responsibility that all of us are to take in these situations and tells his son we're hungry, get down |
| 0:36.3 | there, use every means that we have at our disposal to secure the necessities of life. |
| 0:44.0 | For many of us, it can be hard to imagine the severity of the famine that struck in Joseph's day, |
| 0:56.0 | but it was in light of this coming famine that the Lord raised up Joseph to help provide, |
| 1:01.3 | not just for Egypt, but for the surrounding nations as well. |
| 1:05.3 | You're listening to renewing your mind, a daily outreach of Ligonier Ministries, and I'm your |
| 1:10.2 | host Nathan W Bingham. |
| 1:13.2 | How did the Lord use Joseph to provide? |
| 1:16.2 | What was it like for Egypt and the nations to navigate life through seven years of famine? |
| 1:21.9 | Here's Dr Sproll, on the seven years of |
| 1:23.9 | Famine. |
| 1:24.3 | The Seven Years of Plenty, followed by the Seven Years of Famine. |
| 1:29.4 | We continue now with our study of the life of Joseph. We're in the 41st chapter of the book of Genesis and in our last session we saw |
| 1:39.6 | the incident where Pharaoh called upon Joseph to interpret his dream and Joseph did that. |
| 1:46.7 | And as a result, Joseph was elevated to second in command of the entire Egyptian nation. |
| 1:56.2 | We read in verse 45 of this chapter, this conclusion to the matter, and Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zapnath |
| 2:07.1 | Panilla and he gave him as a wife Asanath the daughter of Potiphera, creased of awe. |
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