Your purpose is greater than your situation.

The verses for today are encouraging.

They draw a picture of a dysfunctional family filled with tension, strife, envy and hatred.  Mothers plotting to have their sons put into positions of power and favoritism.  Brothers plotting against one another.  Fathers placing one son over the others in blatant ways.  This sounds more like a scandalous movie than a section of the Bible.  And very discouraging.

So why did I say that the verses for today are encouraging?  Because while many of us can see our own histories in Joseph’s family, many of us can identify with the pain and disruption that comes from it, we also have the advantage of knowing how the story ends.  We know that even though this family’s life is full of turmoil and Joseph is probably at his lowest point with no obvious way to avoid being a slave for the rest of his life, we know that God is in control of the entire situation and everything is moving along according to His plan.

God knew how Joseph’s early life would unfold and how he would be treated.  We have free will and we will mess up, we will sin.  People will do mean, even evil things to us.  But God knew they would before their Great, Great, Grandparents were born and He had already prepared a way for us to fulfill our purposes and to prosper anyway.

That’s why today’s brief narrative is so encouraging.  It shows us once again that God is not only in control, but that he has made wonderful, amazing  plans for us.

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