This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace Genesis 26 through famine, fear, and a turn to worship, watching Isaac move from anxious survival to open-handed trust. God’s presence becomes the hinge: “Do not be afraid, for I am with you,” reshaping obedience, witness, and peace with former enemies.
• Isaac obeys without worship and lives small among the Philistines
• Fear drives deception and compromises witness
• God blesses amid failure, yet conflict rises
• At Beersheba God speaks and reestablishes presence
• Peace treaty and banquet echo Psalm 23
• Real change flows from reverent worship not mere rules
• Confidence shifts from human strength to God with us
