Issachar Day 2

Financial Servant hood

Issachar's allotment of the Promised Land primarily consisted of the valley of Jezreel. This was the richest farm land in all Israel, which also had access to the Mediterranean Sea. Consequently, the sons of Issachar "drew out the abundance of the sea and the hidden treasures of the sand" (Deut. 33:18-19).

In their abundance, God called them to provided food to the whole of Israel as an "indentured servant" to their brethren among the other tribes (Gen. 19:14-15). The sons of Issachar would be similar to those living in the "bread basket" of America who provide food to the U.S. and the world.

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What if God was to call you for riches that would pass through your hands and into the hands of those he intended.  It is a difficult task to be a provider for a nation, yet that is what Issachar was to his brothers.  He was their welfare program, their relief program, their cheese line and their food stamps.  He was there bank, their loan officer and their stock broker.  God entrusted Issachar to deal righteously and fairly with his people so that his will could be accomplished through them.  Have you ever wondered if God could use you to be a blessing to a nation.  Though Issachar was not recorded in the Bible as killing a Goliath or birthing a Messiah, his place will always be remembered for how he drew out the abundance of the sea and the hidden treasures of the land for his people.