“神差我在你们以先来，为要给你们存留余种在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你们的生命。” - 创 45:7

? God’s Providence (Symbol: Sack Of Grain)

“God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance." — Genesis 45:7

? Devotion

If anyone can claim to be a victim of biblical proportions, Joseph can. His brothers sell him into slavery. A false accusation lands him in prison for several years. But then, quite dramatically, Pharaoh delivers Joseph from prison and places him in authority over all of Egypt (Genesis 37-41).

If someone else were telling it, this would be the perfect setup for a vengeance story. But this is God’s story. When Joseph’s traitorous brothers show up looking for some grain, they get more than they ask for. They receive compassionate, abundant deliverance from God through Joseph (Genesis 42-44). Joseph, always the visionary, sees what they can’t: God himself has directed the whole story. Even out of the evil that people do, God works redemption.

Those sacks of grain mean more than the survival of one family. They mean the fulfillment of God’s promise to redeem his people—more populous than stars or the dust of the desert—people who trust him.

Joseph the betrayed victim became Joseph the savior. And his story prefigures another betrayal, another victim, and the ultimate Savior. Jesus, though innocent of any sin, was arrested, falsely accused, and executed on a cross. Yet out of this travesty of justice God perfected the deliverance of his people. No matter what each day brings your way, trust God and celebrate his providence.

? Prayer

Father, help us to fully trust you and celebrate your goodness today. Amen.

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