What season are you in? God has been speaking a message and revelation of Goshen into my spirit lately.

This is about leaving the place that limits you, not getting comfortable, and transitioning into the next

that God has for you. Do you find yourself in a place of comfort, abundance, and plenty? Yet you still

don’t quite feel that you are fulfilled or living out your purposeful life; that God has intended for you.

Sometimes leaving a place of comfort is hard. After all we are comfortable there, we are familiar with

people, places, and things. It’s so good that we can’t imagine how much better the Promise Land could

be which is where God is wantingto take us. But we can’t stay comfortable! Often God allows certain

situations to take place in our life to propel us into our Next. Such as an area of pain or limitation. We

then are forced to leave it behind, trust God in the wilderness, and by faith step into the Promise land or

that Next that God is nudging us to do. Just like the story of Goshen in the book of Genesis extending to

Exodus.

Leaving “Goshen“ A Place of Limitation

God just began to drop this into my spirit as a personal message but also for the seasons of life that

others may be in. If you are in a season where you’ve experienced physical pain, disappointment,

emotional pain, spiritual pain, or spiritual oppression, or feeling limited this word is for you. The Lord

clearly said to me “You are leaving Goshen” you are leaving the point of your pain. I prophesy this over

you today that you are leaving the land of your pain, and great suffering.  Leaving the land of limitation

and walking into that next that God has for you today! Do it scared and afraid as Joyce Myer would say.

Move Into Your Next

Don’t stay stuck just because it’s comfortable. I’m talking to myself here to y’all.  Adventure is scary! But if

we stay where we have always been how can we experience the next chapter, season, mission or

assignment that God has for us. God knows the plan he has for each of us.  As it says in Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans

to give you hope and a future.” If we stay stuck just because it’s what we know. We will allow ourselves to

be comfortable yet miserable. If we aren’t following God’s plan for our life, we will ultimately be miserable

and off course.

So, now I invite you to take a deeper dive into the story of Goshen. How it might relate to your life and

what God is doing in yours. God is our hiding place, and Goshen in the Hebrew means to draw near.

Goshen was also a physical location in the bible. To give you deeper perspective; Goshen was located near

Northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile in the mountains of Juda. It boarded the Promise Land. This is

where Israel lived from the time of Joseph to Moses. They were tucked away in the mountains since the

shepherds were detestable to the Egyptians. It was a separated area that was still apart of Egypt. Goshen

was good but remember it was still located in Egypt.

For Joseph Goshen was the place of his pain. Joseph had been sold into slavery by his brothers, he was

thrown into prison by accusations of Pharoh’s wife and forgotten by the cup bearer. Oh, but God. God

turned it all around for Joseph and his family. God gave Joseph favor in the site of Pharoah. In Genesis

41:41 Pharoah put Joseph in charge of all the land of Egypt. Joseph stored up all the grain in the seven

years of fat times. In the seven lean years Joseph was a supplier of food for many including his brothers,

and family. Joseph states in Genesis 41:52- for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in

the land of my suffering.” God can take the very place of your pain that broke you and use it for his

purposes. It may take a healing journey, but he will use that pain for the passion of His purpose! 

Goshen was a place of safety, security, plenty, and provision. A place of abundance; a place where Gods

people could prosper during crisis. No matter what’s taking place in the world through God’s kingdom

you can prosper. Despite the famine Joseph was able to feed not only his family but those also in Egypt.

They sold land, and livestock for food. God allowed his people to live and multiply, separately and

securely in the land of Goshen.  Genesis 46:28-34.

Even though they were separated from Egypt they grew and multiplied greatly so much that they started

to become a threat to Pharoah. Even though things were so good in Goshen it became a place of

limitation. They became capped off. In Exodus chapter 1 the king began to oppress them and put them

under hard labor. They were multiplying so greatly that the king gave orders for all the male children of

the Israelites to be killed. As the Israelite women gave birth the midwives were to kill the male babies.

There comes a time that if we are no longer able to grow there must be separation for the Next.

There are some situations that God allows to take place to make us uncomfortable or in crisis to move

into our calling and align with God’s will. When one season is up, and our provision dries up we are

moved to transition into our next. Sometimes Goshen can represent an area of compromise. Not being

where God exactly wants us to be. We can say yes to good things but if it’s not our purpose and what we

should be doing. It keeps us and delays us from the true promise land. Goshen was a good part of Egypt,

but it was not the Promise Land! Keep moving, don’t get comfortable or stuck! Many wise people are

willing to leave the spiritual Goshen meaning the place of spiritual oppression or limitation. In order that

they would follow the Lord to a better place. Be led by His Spirit and follow it just like the ark of the

covenant. When one door closes another opens.

When one chapter ends there’s a separation, and another chapter begins. For the Israelites to see their

promised land they had to separate themselves from Goshen. Even though it was a place of abundance,

safety, and prosperity. Leaving pushed them to draw closer to God and trust him in the wilderness. They

had to push past their pain and discomfort to get into the wilderness. They were able to take the Goshen

Blessing with them into the wilderness, and God made provision for them. They

received freedom, deliverance, and spiritual blessing. Sometimes, we can’t see the greater good of where

God is taking us, but his perspective is much broader than ours. Don’t look at what you’re leaving but

press forward to what’s ahead. There’s Greater that awaits you in the promised land. We are

commissioned for Greater!

References: What was the land of Goshen in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

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