Readings:
Genesis 49
Genesis 50
Psalm 25
Comments:
Re-read Genesis 50:20. Memorize it. It is one on the best verses in the entire Bible. "You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it." That is the way the new Common English Bible (CEB) phrases it. When bad things happen to us, we can believe in the power of God to bring good out of it. No matter what we think about how the world operates, God's role in how events unfold, our free will, or even the intent of people towards us, God is able to bring about good!
What Joseph's brothers meant as bad toward him in the end God brings about good. Joseph's story ends well. As we prepare for Exodus, we see however that life has its ups and downs. Israel (the nation) is about to entire a very trying time. It's a time that will define for them who they are as a nation and as God's people.
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