Note: NLT stands for New Living Translation. I'm using this translation for my Bible reading in 2010.
"So when the traders came by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver, and the Ishmaelite traders took him along to Egypt."
Genesis 37:28 NLT
In Joseph's dreams God had revealed that he would rise to a position of leadership among his brothers. Only God knew it would be as the second most powerful man in the world after the Pharaoh of Egypt. How do you get the son of a sheepherder in Canaan to power in Egypt? God used the jealousy of Joseph's brothers and the timely passing of a caravan of slave traders to get the long journey started. What seems on the surface to be a long run of bad luck was actually God working to do what would have been impossible with men.
As it has been said, "God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform." We cannot always see in the present moment how God is working in our lives to accomplish His purpose. But if we have committed our self fully to Him we can trust that He is working and that even the difficulties we face will contribute to His purpose. "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them" (Romans 8:28 NLT).
Father, though I cannot always see Your hand at work in my life I will trust You. Thank you for working even in my difficulties to fulfill Your good purpose.
I'm praying for you.
Pastor Mark
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Good Morning Pastor Mark, Thank you for encouraging us in the word of God. I love Romans 8:28 because it reminds me that God has a perfect plan for my life and even after I think that I have made a wrong turn in my efforts to follow HIm, He will take it and use it toward His perfect purpose and plan. Thanks again, Love in Christ Francie
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