Poor Joseph. Thrown in a pit by his wicked brothers to die, but sold as a slave to a merchant going to Egypt instead.
Joseph was falsely accused of rape by Pharaoh’s wife and thrown into prison. But He loved God and the Lord was with Him all the time. God meant it for good.
Eventually he was released from prison to interpret Pharaoh's dream and Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt — second to himself. His brothers, buying food during a time of famine, unknowingly bowed to him.
When God allows times of sorrow, suffering or pain in our lives, it’s always for our good and for His glory.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Be assured that if you love God, He can take your life with all its ups and downs, blend it with His grace, add a heaping portion of His love and transform it into a thing of great beauty and blessing.
God has an eternal plan for our lives and nothing will ever be able to change that plan. He is busy reproducing Himself in each of us.
Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their permission.
