Today's Passage: Genesis 45-46
Out of the entire two chapters we read today, I want to pick out two verses and talk about their significance. Let's look in chapter 45 verses 7-8...
Like Brandon talked about yesterday, we can see God at work in Joseph's life. He seemed to have every right to do harm to his brothers, but what we see is God's plan being set forth. It's as if there are two things being done here...God is continuing to grow Joseph personally, and also accomplishing His own appointed plan for history. We've seen it with Abraham, Jacob, and now Joseph.
This is a major theological point in scripture. God never ceases to be at work in the lives of His people. It was God who provided for Jacob and his children during the famine. It was God who sent Joseph to Egypt! Consider these words from a book titled "Knowing God" written by J.I. Packer. He's writing about what the point of these stories in the Old Testament are..."These things are written for our learning, for the same wisdom that ordered the paths which God's saints trod in Bible times orders the Christian's life today. We should not, therefore, be too taken aback when unexpected and upsetting and discouraging things happen to us now. What do they mean? Simply that God in his wisdom means to make something of us which we have not attained yet, and he is dealing with us accordingly."
Take comfort in knowing that God, the same God that was written about in the Bible, is actively working in the lives of His people. He does not take naps or vacation or make mistakes, but rather He is constantly desiring to know you!
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