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\u201cConsider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?\u201d<\/em> Luke 12:24<\/p>\n

Storehouse(s)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Lord woke me up with the word storehouse(s)<\/em> last week. This was followed by my questions, foolishness and promises. If that won\u2019t get you out of bed and into His Word, I don\u2019t know what will!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a question God asks Job: \u201cHave you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail?\u201d<\/em> (Job 38:22 NIV), and a promise He gives in Malachi 3:10 is,<\/em> \u201c\u2019Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,\u2019\u201d says the LORD of hosts, \u2018If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you <\/em>such<\/em> blessing that <\/em>there will<\/em> not <\/em>be room<\/em> enough <\/em>to receive it.\u2019\u201d <\/em>God has brought this verse to fruition in a multitude of ways as my husband and I committed to tithe years ago.<\/p>\n

We can also see the foolishness of Hezekiah as he showed the Babylonians everything in his storehouses in 2 Kings 20:13, and how afterwards Isaiah prophesied it would all be carried away by them one day.<\/p>\n

I found a beautiful verse on the power of God: \u201c<\/em>When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses\u201d <\/em>(Jeremiah 10:13 NIV).<\/p>\n

And of His planning\/provision: \u201cWhen the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt\u201d<\/em> (Genesis 41:56 NIV). This brought back memories when I felt like I was in prison due to an illness, or things had been done against me that weren\u2019t right, but looking back I saw that good came out of it\u2014just as good came out of Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers. God ultimately brought him to a place to do incredible good that could\u2019ve only come about through the bad.<\/p>\n

Luke 12:24 concludes the parable of the foolishness of a certain rich man who ran out of room to store his crops, so he decided to tear down his barns and build bigger ones (Luke 12:16-20). It doesn\u2019t end well for him. The riches were not the problem\u2014the heart was. Luke 12:21 tells us, \u201cSo <\/em>is<\/em> he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

My foolishness can come when I worry about or chase after the provision God has already promised to provide, such as when I focus on stuff and not Him, or when I am anxious about things going on in life I have no control over and cannot see the outcome, but God can.<\/p>\n

\u201cLord, may we focus on Your promises and not the foolishness of stuff or anxiety of circumstances. Without question, You have the very best for us. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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