🔑 *KEY VERSE:*
"But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive" (Gen. 5O:20, NKJV).
📖 *TODAY'S READING:*
Genesis 37:12-24
📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN*
Judges 6-7
*COMMENTARY*
The pit was the first detour on Joseph's path to glory. His story reminds us of the biblical truth that there are no accidents in the lives of God's people. Everything that happened to Joseph in his life was not an accident. It was God's plan. It was his path to glory. God is in control of our circumstances and we are in control of our responses. Joseph's brothers hated him because of their father's love and favour for him. Joseph had done nothing wrong. Joseph had dreams and to make matters worse, he shared his dreams with his brothers, and they hated him even more (Gen. 37:5). God still give dreams and some people may oppose them.
Here was Joseph, the favourite son of his father in a pit, not placed there by some enemy, but by his brothers who cared nothing for him. He had dreams for the future, but here he is in a pit, left there to perish with hunger and thirst. You may be in a financial or emotional pit' at the moment. You may be struggling with
various challenges that someone or something put you into, and there is nothing you could do about it. Maybe life was smooth and graceful until suddenly you found yourself in the pit. Maybe you lost your job. Are your children about giving you a nervous breakdown and you are asking, "God, what did I do to deserve this pit? You may have gotten more problems than you can handle and you wonder, "Why me". Joseph may have also wondered why he was in the pit. In all these, God had everything in control.
When God places a dream in your heart, don't let the pit stop you. When you have a goal in life that will bless you and bring honour to God, don't let the pit stop you. Joseph didn't realize it, and
his brothers certainly didn't know it, but God had a reason for Joseph's pit. Even in the pit, Joseph was in the centre of God's will. You will not end in the pit.
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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS*
God has every circumstance in control.
🙏🏿 *PRAYER*
Oh Lord, my father, give me the grace to follow you until the end. In the name of Yeshua. Amen
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