Faith Formed by Famine

God gave Abram the land as a promise, but now the land is a problem: famine. Here we see that God's promises do not mean that God's people will never experience fear and famine. For often, God uses these things to form and mature our faith. However, this passage also teaches us that God's purposes and promises never depend upon us. For while we may be faithless, He remains faithful. Because the purposes and promises of God rest upon the perfect faithfulness of Jesus Christ.