In the middle of uncertainty as Jacob leaves his home to an unknown future, God meets him in the middle of nowhere. There he gets a vision of God and hears the promise of God for his presence. We need the presence of God more than anything. It’s God’s presence that brings healing and power and blessing. God’s presence isn’t confined to a building... His presence goes with US wherever we go.

We often long to go back to what we romanticize not what we remember. What if in this season God wants to bring us into something better? We can never fully embrace what God is trying to do in us right now if we keep trying to go back to what is normal. At the same time, when we move forward into the NEW that He has – he reminds us to forget the past, but remember Him.

If there is one thing that we should learn from going through a season of scarcity, it’s that we need to be prepared. God brings blessing and famine to the land of Egypt. God uses Joseph and his wisdom to help guide them through a season of famine. We should learn from then and now that saving money is a powerful principle that can help us survive financial famines. As well as getting under the blessing of God continually.

If there is one thing we will need to weather any storm it is people who can help us through it. We cannot face life’s storms by ourselves nor are we designed to do that. There is power in having a circle of people in your life to have your back when attacks come!

Patterns Drive Piles. The way you put a deep foundation in your life is through having the Right Patterns. Perhaps God wants to use this season to develop some new patterns in us.