Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?” So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died, ‘Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime of your brothers and the wrong they did in harming you.’ Now therefore please forgive the crime of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. Then his brothers also wept, fell down before him, and said, “We are here as your slaves.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God? Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones.” In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them. (Genesis 50:15-21, NRSV)
Have no fear, for am I God?
What you intended for evil was used by God for the good of many nations.
For as Louie Giglio says, “God’s plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.”
God can use our bad circumstances in His plan. What we are struggling with today maybe the thing that helps us later, or saves another.
So do not let what others do to you in harm be the end all of your life, but allow God to work in and through all things to bring about His good!
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