Thursday, July 7, 2011

Genesis 45:17–18

"Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers, "This is what you must do: Load your pack animals, and hurry back to the land of Canaan. Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces."'"
 
The story of Joseph encompasses such a range of human experience: dysfunctional families, unjust suffering, deception and sorrow and loss and bitterness and impossible situations. At the heart of the story is Joseph's faith in God, and this faith activated God's gracious hand, which supervised the whole chain of events. In the end, everything was restored and great blessing abounded: Joseph's family was reunited and provided for with great abundance, despite the famine all around them. Now, too, God is working his great plan, and as we trust in him he will heal, restore, and provide the best.

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