Joseph said to them..."But as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."
Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers. Think about this. Sold into slavery by his brothers! Joseph suffered years as a slave, his father Jacob suffered decades of debilitating grief and the brothers suffered from guilt. We don't feel so bad for the brothers, do we? They should suffer after what they did, right?
But somehow, God had a plan within the sinful choices and the suffering. Jacob's heart-rending grief was not in vain. GOD HAD A PURPOSE THROUGH IT ALL. At the end of the story, if this had been New Testament times, Jacob and Joseph could have sung the lyrics: Through it all, through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God.
Has grievous sin and suffering marked your path? Take heart. Seek God. Await His overriding purpose amidst the blinding pain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxTGW8DPhs
Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers. Think about this. Sold into slavery by his brothers! Joseph suffered years as a slave, his father Jacob suffered decades of debilitating grief and the brothers suffered from guilt. We don't feel so bad for the brothers, do we? They should suffer after what they did, right?
But somehow, God had a plan within the sinful choices and the suffering. Jacob's heart-rending grief was not in vain. GOD HAD A PURPOSE THROUGH IT ALL. At the end of the story, if this had been New Testament times, Jacob and Joseph could have sung the lyrics: Through it all, through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God.
Has grievous sin and suffering marked your path? Take heart. Seek God. Await His overriding purpose amidst the blinding pain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxTGW8DPhs
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