Saturday... The story of Joseph in the OT has so many twists and turns...

Saturday... The story of Joseph in the OT has so many twists and turns, something like what is happening to us.

Joseph had been sold into slavery by his brothers and his father had been told that he was killed. But God used the situation and moved Joseph into great power in the land of Egypt. And the brothers in later years stood before him, not knowing it was him. They needed food because of a great famine. Now Joseph knew who they were and he took them on an emotional journey before the great reveal.

Now the brothers didn't know it was Joseph and of how he was leading them along. Genesis 44:7-9 (MSG) says, "What is my master talking about? We would never do anything like that! Why, the money we found in our bags earlier we brought back all the way from Canaan-do you think we'd turn right around and steal it back from your master? If that chalice is found on any of us, he'll die; and the rest of us will be your master's slaves." Joseph was the cause of all of this but they didn't know it and they were so confused but Joseph had a plan and it would all make sense in the great reveal.

Now God has a plan. He had a plan for Joseph and he has a plan for us and he knows what he is doing and in the great reveal he will make sense.

The Psalmist in Psalm 26:3 (MSG) says, "So I never lose sight of your love, but keep in step with you never missing a beat." All that is happening in this day in which we live goes through his love for us. So if we never lose sight of that we will never miss a beat in keeping in step with him and his plan. He loves us and he has a plan. The NLT says, "I am always aware of your unfailing love." God loves us and he knows what he is doing. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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