Genesis 45:5
“It
was really for the sake of saving lives… God sent me here ahead of you.”
And then in Genesis, you would read and be
inspired by the story of Joseph. Imagine
having your own family beat you, throw you into a pit and leave you to die.
They do have a change of heart and come back but only to sell you into slavery.
You spend years in prison.
Wouldn't you lose heart? Well, he did not! His courage and faith in God kept him and
enabled him to do great things.
And succeeding events would cause resentment
and bitterness to form, but Joseph did not let them. He continued in his faith
and waited on God. It is difficult to
keep focused on God when you feel passed over, overlooked or
unappreciated.
Yet, it is these times in particular that
we must stay focused on God and trust that He will provide for us.
And he persevered in God until he became an
official in the house of the Pharaoh. When
Joseph came into power, his courage continued. The easy thing to do would be to
punish his brothers for the way that they treated him. He doesn’t though.
Instead, he realizes the work that God has done in him and the opportunity God
has given him to spare his family from the famine.
He understands that he has received a
blessing out of the situation that his brothers put him in and he is grateful
to God instead of resentful of his brothers.
Joseph was a dreamer. And, it was
a dream come true for him and his family.
We all experience
hardship and suffering and pain. But, no
situation is so dire that he is unable to use it for our enrichment and his
glory.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, if hard times, bitterness,
resentment or anger are things that we are struggling with, may Joseph’s story
give us courage, knowing fully that you has a blessing waiting for us at the
end of this trials. Amen +
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
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