When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
God chose one people freely from all nations and bound Himself to them by covenant. He did not merely speak His promises to Abraham and his seed; He proved them true across centuries with unnumbered mercies, so that those delivered from Egypt would keep faith with Him and serve Him faithfully.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:1-45
He called for famine as a man calls his servant, and it obeyed Him at once. Bread is man's staff; without it he collapses like a cripple whose support is shattered. Yet even in this terrible judgment God had wise purpose: He meant His people in Egypt, and scarcity drove them to seek corn there.
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In praising God, reach back to what He did when His church was founded, for we who live now reap the benefit of those ancient mercies. His promise to the patriarchs was not mere words but His command, binding for a thousand generations, and the entail of it shall never be cut off.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:8-24