lessons from Joseph
When I'm not busy with work, I'm currently reading 2 books that refer to Joseph. One is totally about Joseph "God Meant it for good" by R.T. Kendall and "Under Cover" by John Bevere mentioned him in what I read yesterday.John was talking about how people sometimes say things happen because of disobedience and not because God planned it that way, but because people made wrong choices that's the way things turned out. And that might be true to some degree, but he mentions that when Abraham was obedient to God, God cut a covenant with Abraham that promised that he would be a great nation and that his descendants would be enslaved and mistreated for 400 years(Gen 15:13). Not exactly a promise to get excited about!
John also mentions the fact that God could easily have made Israel the provider during the famine that Joseph got them through (on behalf of Egypt) but He didn't.
The reason is clear: God wanted them under Pharaoh. He planned it. You may say 'But Pharoah was like an ancient Hitler. He murdered thousands of them and afflicted God's people with great hardship'. Yes, it is true, but we must remember God's priority is not for us to have the comforts and enjoyments of this world- His priority is redemption! (p.93 Under Cover)
That God's plan is for the whole world to know him. That we don't even almost get it on our own!
I am excited about tomorrow's baptism service. I find them very 'refreshing' even if I'm not the one getting wet :)
posted by Aphra @ 1/26/2008 10:27:00 PM
1 Comments:
Your post was refreshing (to steal your word!). I never really thought of it like this, sounds like a good book. I have heard of John Bevere but have never read one of his books.
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