The Life of Jacob (27): Jacob's Struggles Before His Sons' Second Egyptian Trip (Genesis 43:1-14) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Crisis
II. The Conversation
III. The Evaluation
George Lawson: “It is our wisdom, in dubious matters, to fix on those thoughts that will be most conducive to our peace. Possibly things may be worse than we think; and it will be good to arm ourselves with the consolations of God, that future evils may not overwhelm our spirits. Yet evils should not be voluntarily brought by us upon ourselves, by viewing everything in the most unfavourable light. ‘Sufficient unto the day,’ says Christ, ‘is the evil thereof.’ Present evils are as heavy as we can bear, and why should we double them by adding the evils of tomorrow? They may be but imaginary evils; but, by a timorous imagination, they are turned into real evils, heavier to be borne than those real evils which providence brings upon us” (The History of Joseph, pp. 194-195).