CHOOSE YOUR FATE

Proverbs 10:3:
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:
but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Thus is the promise given to whoever puts his trust in the Lord God Yahweh. Famine may come and with it bring hunger and pestilence, the righteous, those whose who are subject to God, have the promise that they will not be destroyed by it.

We do not have the promise that we will never suffer the pangs of hunger, but Job teaches us that even in famine we are redeemed from death; that we will not perish from it. King David teaches us that even though young lions lack and suffer hunger, those who trust in God shall not lack any good things. In his service for God, Paul mentions suffering of hunger; and in the endtime, just as in the olden days of the Sinai experience, God Himself feeds the church in a place He has prepared for her for three and a half year. When Egypt put her trust in Joseph, who was an early type of Messiah, God saved her from extinction by famine. The wicked by comparison, he who has obtained his substance through wickedness, will lose even that which he has put aside against the day of famine. In the book of Job it is written that God will cast it out of his belly; he will have him vomit it. The wicked has no one to redeem him when evil time comes.

This word also teaches us that when we put our trust in God, we never suffer hunger for lack of the Word of God. We have the promise of the Torah written in our hearts, which is for us our constant source of instruction and inspiration. By comparison, one who has rejected the Word of God lives in spiritual confusion, darkness and hunger. He has to rely on man’s wisdom, emotional highs and false entertainment in order to soothe his famished soul. He is confused as to standards of right and wrong. He gropes in darkness and like a drunk man cannot keep his balance. He is ready to fall at any time. He is the prey of predators.

We can take comfort as we look back at history as a witness to this infallible truth. Let us therefore not fear following the Lord and his leadings. We should not fear endtimes what it will bring. We should put our trust in our Lord and hang on for He is mighty to supply for even the littlest of his children.