When hardship comes, God is at work prompting you to grow and not shrink back.

Pastor Jeff Cramer works through Genesis 47 as the famine grinds on. People spend their money, trade their livestock, sell their land, then sell themselves into slavery — while Israel grows and multiplies in Goshen. Jeff pulls in Jeremiah 29, a letter God sent to Israel during the Babylonian captivity, with instructions that are surprisingly practical: build houses, plant gardens, invest in family, pray for your city. Don't shrink. Don't hide. Live by faith in the place God has put you.