“So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 45:8 KJV
So it was God, not you, who sent me here. God has made me a father to Pharaoh, the master of his entire household, and the ruler over all of Egypt. For the third time Joseph told his brothers that it was God and not they, that caused him to be in Egypt and he encouraged them instead of being vengeful towards them. Through his own tears of loving forgiveness, Joseph convinced them not to dwell on their sin but on how God had worked through it all. Today, because of Jesus’s forgiveness on the Cross, we should see those who hurt us the most as those who move us toward the throne of authority. Let’s see ourselves in the Hands of our loving God, and we will not be offended. Like Joseph, some of our dreams will only come true when we learn to handle both mistreatment and betrayal with forgiving love. Amen!
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