Genesis 41:31

‘The *famine will be very bad.’ In some years there is not enough rain and so there is a *famine. This is natural. This happened during Abraham’s life. (See Genesis 12:10.) It had happened during Isaac’s life. (See Genesis 26:1.) Sometimes the *famine lasts for several years. So the 7 years *famine should not surprise us. The wonderful things were:

• In the 7 years before the *famine, the crops were extra good.

• The *famine started at the time that God had said.

• The *famine lasted for the time that God had said.

• The *famine brought Israel’s children to live in Egypt. That was God’s plan.

God often uses things that are natural. He uses things that he has made. He uses them as his tools. They are wonderful because events happen at the right time and in the right way.