Prosper During the Famine - Mark

Genesis 42:1-2, 15-16
The famine got worse. When they had eaten all the food they had brought back from Egypt, their father said, "Go back and get some more food." The men took the gifts, double the money, and Benjamin. They lost no time in getting to Egypt and meeting Joseph. When Joseph saw that they had Benjamin with them, he told his house steward, "Take these men into the house and make them at home. Butcher an animal and prepare a meal; these men are going to eat with me at noon."

It is too easy for us to become complacent when we prosper where we normally live. We fall into the same routines, hang out with the same friends, and continue to commit the same sins.

Many times, God has to move us to a foreign land to make us prosper during a famine. He has to break our old human habits and get us totally dependent on Him.