Deuteronomy 10:22 (ESV Strong's)
Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Subject: God's Blessing
Whatever we have, we have by the grace of God. We tend to think there are things we have "earned" and then their are things God gives us. But, in truth, everything we have is from God. In the above text it might be a thought that Israel started out as 70 and God blessed them. But, In Genesis 12 we see that God called Abraham when he had nothing and it was one!! Note what Stephen says in is first and only sermon in the book of Acts:
Acts 7:2 (ESV Strong's)
And Stephen said:
“Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
God took Abraham and made of him a great nation. When Jacob (Israel) went down to Egypt (Joseph was second in command) he did so with 70. When they came out of Egypt via the plagues and the destruction of Pharaoh they were many. After wandering in the wilderness they were "as numerous as the stars of heaven." God makes nations. God makes families. God makes people. God blesses those whom He chooses. It is in praise that we understand these thoughts. God makes a church grown. God makes a business flourish. We can obey God's Word and that opens up the avenue of God's blessing ... but it is still God who makes the growth.
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