Tuesday Reading: Acts 7:9
Key Verse: Acts 7:9
9 And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
Devotion:
The brothers of Joseph saw how their father favoured Joseph and were constantly angry with him because of that. They allowed their anger to dwell within then and build up until it overtook them, so much so that they conspired to kill him whilst they were out. Fortunately God was with Joseph and protected him constantly. We may not see it as such because of all that Joseph went through, but by the time we get to the great famine we start to see why God allowed things to be so. Joseph was close to God and God allowed him to see many things because of that.
Joseph was sold as a slave into Egypt but eventually because the head of Pharaoh’s house being much more than the twenty pieces of silver that he was sold for in the beginning. No matter what man does to another man, it is God who is looking out for each of us in His timeline and in His terms. We may well think that we have destroyed a man through various means but we have not touched the man of God because he is safe in Christ’s hands and not in the hands of the world! When we do things to others we do not think of what that may be doing to Christ; as children of God we are all in His arms and He sees everything that happens to each of us. Could you imagine breaking the law in front of a judge and then expecting him to let you off when you appeared in court? Why then do we continue to sin in front of our Judge and expect Him to forgive and forget everything that we do!
The amazing thing is that Christ is willing to forgive and to forget. Joseph was an example through which we can see just how Christ is willing to do the same. Joseph knew what would become of him in the end and he continued to trust in God. God continued to look after him throughout all the hardships that he endured. It does not mean that he did not endure those hardships but rather that he was always in the safest possible place! Praise God for being the God of Salvation!
Points to Ponder:
DO you feel safe?
Are you resting in God’s arms?
