Who Is In Control?
Genensis Ch 41 marks one of the greatest lessons Joseph would ever learn. In short, the outcome he longed for had not and never did hindge on the butler. This man had failed Joseph, forgot about him and literally left him behind. Despite this in those quiet and final 2 years in prison (Ch. 41:1) Jospeh’s faith in God grew deeper than he ever thought possible. The powerof God within him flourished as he forgave and understood fully that the butler was not in control of his life.
Have you confided in someone, put your trust in someone and pinned your hopes on someone (Ch. 40:14 & 23) only to have them betray that trust completely? The lesson from Joseph’s experience is simply life changing – even when the worst has actually happened, your last hope has gone and you have been left rejected and forgotten God’s best for you has never been more certain.
The clock was ticking in Joseph’s favour from the very moment the Butler forgot about him…from the very moment he was falsely accused…from the very moment his brothers’ sold him. Selah! Don’t get bitter at people and how they have let you down, believe in God and know that He wont!
Peter learnt that with the Lord the outcome of a financial crisis had nothing to do with his financial reserves (Matthew 17:24 – 27). He was strapped with a tax bill that there simply was not the money to pay for. Facing the dyer ministry not to mention personal dangers that would bring, Peter witnessed the power of Christ in a way that he could never have imagined. Our Saviour controlled timing, circumstance and nature itself to literally create an answer where there was no way out or forward.
What happens when you have been faithful in walking with your Saviour and suddenly find yourself with a need that you really do not have the ability to meet? Trust again in the Christ of your salvation for, like a fish swimming with money in its mouth, He had a perfect plan in motion even before you were aware of the problem.
At some point somebody lost the piece of money in the fish’s mouth. I wonder if they got angry and bitter against God, not realising that His perfect plan was unfolding and indeed that they were a part of it? If you love your Lord then trust that He loves you and is making good things and good gifts come your way. This is true despite and even at the point when you feel you have lost out or been let down.
Take time and read Romans 8:28, Psalm 31:22; Psalm38:11-15; Matthew 6: 31-34; 7: 7-12.
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