A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD P/59

 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

             GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                         PART LIX

"I, Joseph, the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution, know I need to continue speaking comforting words to my brothers in front of me....I have known for two years who they are....But they have only just now found out that I am their long-lost brother Joseph... I do not want them to be angry with themselves for what they did twenty-two years ago... When they sold me to merchants... I must tell them that God was involved in what they did...For He used them to send me to Egypt for His purpose....His purpose was to save their lives... It was, therefore, necessary that I would come here before they did... And God has arranged things in such a way that I have now become the most important person in Egypt... Apart from Pharaoh.... That has not happened right away.. That has taken many years... Just as well....For I was a foolish, spoiled, seventeen year old when I arrived in Egypt.... I could not possibly have fullfilled the task that God had in mind for me.... But today I am able to save the lives of many, including my family, because God has given me His wisdom."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Joseph, the "Egyptian" official tries to comfort his brothers by telling them that it was God who sent him to Egypt...

              ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                      GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                                                                    PART LIX

Joseph, who is in charge of the distribution of grain in Egypt, once again comforts his brothers by letting them know that it is God who allowed him to leave Canaan as you can read in Genesis 45:7

"But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnnant of earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt."

Joseph now understands that it was God who sent him to Egypt and allowed him to be a slave to Potiphar as well as a prisoner in the king's prison so that he can now serve as the most important person in Egypt, apart from Pharaoh, in order to be God's instrument to preserve the lives of his family.

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