Today,I'm going to talk about family.Before, we start on anything, let's look at the life of Joseph.
Now,Consider Joseph.
His brothers kidnapped and abused him. Sold him into slavery. Denied—their crimes and got away with it. For a while. A “chance” encounter in Egypt revealed the truth: God was working through Joseph’s horrible family situation the entire time. Read Genesis 45:1-21 and 50:20. It’s the dramatic reconciliation scene—and an example of major forgiveness. Happy ending. Roll credits. And yet…
If God had this outcome in mind all along—get Joseph to Egypt, prompt Egypt to stockpile grain for an upcoming famine, keep the Israelite’s from starving—then why didn’t God just do
that? Why put Joseph through so much grief along the way? Maybe it’s to
point us to another truth: Good can come out of family chaos and pain.
God does redeem splintered situations—if we let him. We may
not see the results today, tomorrow, or even in this generation. But
God is real, and he’s working through imperfect family situations.
Which raises a question: How is God working in and through your
family? Take a long-lens view back through several generations. What’s your family’s spiritual journey? How is a real God doing real work through real people—your people?
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