October 25, 2022

GOD KNOWS

Genesis 45:4-8

But Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. Now therefore, do not be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to save life. For this is the second year of famine in the land, and five years still remain in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. For God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth, and to sustain you as a great remnant. So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Personal Challenge

Joseph's brothers had done a very capricious thing to their younger brother. They were jealous of him and ultimately sold him into slavery and then faked his death so that his father would not suspect them. As a slave in Egypt. God blessed him because he stayed true to God. In this passage we find him sharing his feelings about these events with his brothers. God had a plan for Joseph. Joseph trusted in God. He looked back on everything that was done by his brothers, and others, as things that help God's plan play out. This is always the way to look back on our lives... seeking to understand what God's plan has been and how we can be used as part of that plan. Lord, have mercy! Lord have mercy, Lord, have mercy!