"There is corn in Egypt."

Famine pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family should suffer great want; but the God of providence, who never forgets the objects of electing love, had stored a granary for His people by giving the Egyptians warning of the scarcity, and leading them to treasure up the grain of the years of plenty. Little did Jacob expect deliverance from Egypt, but there was the corn in store for him. Believer, though all things are apparently against thee, rest assured that God has made a [provision] on thy behalf; in the [midst] of thy griefs there is a saving [grace]. Somehow He will deliver thee, and somewhere He will provide for thee. The quarter from which thy rescue shall arise may be a very unexpected one, but help will assuredly come in thine extremity, and thou shalt magnify the name of the Lord. If men do not feed thee, ravens shall; and if earth yield not wheat, heaven shall drop with manna. Therefore be of good courage, and rest quietly in the Lord. God can make the sun rise in the west if He pleases, and make the source of distress the channel of delight. The corn in Egypt was all in the hands of the beloved Joseph; he opened or closed the granaries at will. And so the riches of providence are all in the absolute power of our Lord Jesus, who will dispense them liberally to His people. Joseph was abundantly ready to succour his own family; and Jesus is unceasing in His faithful care for His brethren. Our business is to go after the help which is provided for us: we must not sit still in despondency, but bestir ourselves. Prayer will bear us soon into the presence of our royal Brother: once before His throne we have only to ask and have: His stores are not exhausted; there is corn still: His heart is not hard, He will give the corn to us. Lord, forgive our unbelief, and this evening constrain us to draw largely from Thy fulness and receive grace for grace.

This was my evening reading from Charles Spurgeon. I read it in tears.

Believer, though all things are apparently against thee, rest assured that God has made a [provision] on thy behalf; in the [midst] of thy griefs there is a saving [grace].

This was the word I needed, desperately, this evening. My heart was grieving...heavy...feeling very much like all in the universe was set against what it wants. That is...everything except for my want of the Lord. In that, all has aligned...especially my griefs. Those have in a way been a saving grace. As my heart sinks or feels as if it might burst with longing there is the Lord to comfort and sustain and fix both my heart and my eyes on Him. Just a while ago, I was talking to a friend about the circumstances of my life and said something like "really the only thing I can 'woo hoo' about is the Lord...and though everything else is hard, that really is a good thing."

That really is a great thing.

As my eyes look at circumstances...
As my mind thinks on impossibilities...
As my heart longs for what it seems I may never have...
As my mouth even speaks of the here and now and all its woes...
The Lord says, "There is corn in Egypt!"
Despite how prone my heart is to wander...
Or how often I seek my own...
Or long for something more than I long for Him...
In the midst of pining and grief for wishes unfulfilled...
The Lord says, "There is corn in Egypt!"
Though I am worthy of nothing...
Though I deserve only correction and chastisement...
Though I moan and lament His present provision at times...
Though I sometimes can't see His lush forest for all the "me" in the way...
The Lord says, "There is corn in Egypt!"

He says, "rest assured that I have made a [provision] on thy behalf; in the [midst] of thy griefs there is a saving [grace]."

I believe, Lord. Help mine unbelief!