It’s human nature to fear the unknown. And of course, whenever there is fear there is exaggeration. How many times have you mentally played out a future scenario of things to come, only to get there and find out you were completely wrong? The bad futures we tend to predict for ourselves often turn out to be quite pleasant. Such was the story of Joseph’s enslavement…
“As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him.” ~Gen.39:2
If there was ever a story that give hope when things are looking ugly, Joseph’s life would be it. He was attacked by his brothers and sold as a slave. But ‘as it turned out’, he was blessed beyond all expectations and even honored by his master. Then the masters wife accused Joseph of rape and got him thrown in jail. But ‘as it turned out’, the jailer immediately realized God had blessed Joseph and put him in charge of the jail and allowed him many freedoms. Then God gave Joseph the exact interpretation to a dream to one of the king’s servants that was in jail, but when he was released, just as Joseph told him would happen, he forgot about the Hebrew slave. But ‘as it turned out’, Pharaoh himself starting having a reoccurring dream, and at that moment the servant remember about Joseph. In a day he was rushed from prison to become the 2nd in command of all Egypt. The point? God uses tough spots to steer us toward new blessings…AS IT TURNS OUT. ~verlon
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( I like this):"God Happens" for Joseph...Not the other way around....Knowing the famine was coming would not be easy for him. Human tragedy unfolding never is. Being in the right places to change it...God priceless...God's will...God's timing...God's Chosen...Not man's..Man often tries to make the God happen, this leads to disaster, and false prophets..Prayer:" God let me just be found in all of you today least I get lost in myself."
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