Overcome Famine in the Promised Land

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In the Promised Land, one of the greatest challenges you must overcome is the spirit of famine.

Abraham, the right man in the right place, faithfully built altars and walked in obedience, yet he found himself in a season of grievous famine despite being in the Promised Land. He had left Ur, obeyed God's call, and diligently built altars of worship. Yet, in the land God promised to give him, he encountered a lack that drove him to Egypt.

Being in the Promised Land doesn’t guarantee everything will go according to your plans. Many struggle to see how they can be in the very plan of God and still face lack and famine. The enemy will test your resolve in the famine. You must learn to overcome and master seasons of famine while in the Promised Land.

The enemy will try to use lack to dislodge you from the plan of God but do not abandon a permanent blessing over a temporary season.

Every believer will be tested in the area of provision, especially in the Promised Land. You must learn to make the land yield for you. Turn deserts into gardens and extract outcomes in every atmosphere. Cause fruitfulness even in times of scarcity.

Famine stops you from establishing yourself; instead of establishing cities, it forces you to live in tents.

On the way to dominion you may encounter this season, learn to flog it.

Abraham, facing famine in the Promised Land, chose to go to Egypt—a land that had become famine-proof.

Egypt had developed itself by studying the land, understanding its cycles, and mastering the patterns of abundance and lack. They had enough historical records to master the seasons of abundance and lack.

Your ability to master a season determines your ability to graduate to the next.

Do you have an ecosystem in place to sustain you during a famine? Have you developed covenant relationships that can help you in seasons of lack?

Famine worsens when you choose to suffer alone and in silence, which is why many people are defeated by these seasons; they lack both preparation and partnerships. Are you an island or a kingdom with covenant relationships?

Build your reservoirs. Save in abundance so you can have supply in scarcity.

Abraham journeyed to Egypt seeking bread, but the spirit of Egypt will give you bread but, in exchange, demand your destiny. The way it transacts is that it will take from you that which is valuable. Sarah was the one through whom the promised heir was to be born. Sarah was the womb that was to carry Abraham’s future. Egypt demanded what was most valuable to Abraham

Egypt is a place of exchange, where you don't just trade time but your destiny. Egypt demands that you trade your destiny in exchange for your provision.

In a temporary famine, Egypt was trying to abduct a permanent future. It’s a similar story to Esau trading his birthright for a bowl of soup.

It matters how your provision comes. No provision comes without exchange. The one who provides for you will rule over you. Egypt is a spirit of slavery. It always finds a way of enslaving you. The price of Egypt is your destiny!

What is happening in Abraham’s life is a prophetic cycle that will rule his generation for 400 years. He went down to Egypt in search of bread, and generations after him repeated this pattern, ultimately leading to their enslavement.

How you deal with famine will decide how your children will deal with famine. It was a famine that led people into slavery.

Famine is the door that leads you to slavery. You don’t have to trade destiny to receive bread. The God you serve is Jehovah Jireh!

We must develop systems, strategies, and covenant relationships that sustain us in the Promised Land, even during famine. Learn to reproduce seasons of abundance amid lack. Learn to become an ecosystem sustained by the Lord.

There is a grace to tap into divine supply. In 2025, may we rise above every famine. May the goodness of the Lord overtake us, and may we walk in His abundant provision.