«You intended to harm me, But God intended it all for good» (Genesis 50:20, NLT).
JOSEPH, JACOB’S SON, could not be blamed if for years he thought his brothers had rewritten his destiny by selling him to a caravan of Ishmaelites on their way to Egypt.
We don’t know how long those painful memories remained on Joseph’s heart, but we can imagine that his world must have been very small, because the world of those who move alone within the narrow limits of their circumstances is always very small. If I just live to complain about the bad things people say about me and do to me, if I just move within the capricious premise of «he said, she said,» others will end up writing my destiny.
It had not been his brothers’ plans but the purposes of God that had taken Joseph to Egypt. «It was God’s design,» Ellen G. White wrote, «that through Joseph, Bible religion should be introduced among the Egyptians. This faithful witness was to represent Christ in the court of kings. «—From the Heart, 2010, p. 264.
How do we know Joseph understood that Egypt was part of God’s purpose? Because that’s what he himself said to his brothers when he revealed his identity to them: «I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life» (Genesis 45:4, 5; cf. 45: 7, 8; 50:20).
And when he said, «God sent me,» he uttered one of the most powerful truths in mankind’s history; namely that the purpose of our lives does not lie in the hands of any earthly power—be it rulers of nations, community leaders, or supervisors at work—but in the hands of the sovereign God of the universe.
As Walter Brueggemann said, for years, Joseph’s life was nothing but the sum of his little fears, his little grudges, and his little loves. Until the glorious day when he saw himself as part of a plan as great as the God of heaven.
Is your life nothing but the sum of your little fears, your little grudges, and your little loves? By God’s grace, move to the next level: that of God’s lofty purposes for His children in such a time as this.
Holy Spirit, please prepare me so that, beyond the small things of my daily life,
my eyes may contemplate Your great purpose for my life.
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Taken from: Devotional Readings for Adults 2022
“GREAT IS OUR GOD!”
From: FERNANDO ZABALA
Colaboradores: Xiomara Perdomo & Angelica Cuate
