But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you?You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. No, don’t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.(Genesis 50:19-21 NLT)
Our attitude is very important be it towards a friend or a foe. Joseph’s brothers gave him over as a slave, expecting him to be doomed, but with a God who controls the universe nothing is hard .He can overturn tables and kings! What the enemy plots can indeed turn out for our good if we are upright, honest and have a good relationship with Christ. When every battle has been won, when every hurdle has been crossed, do we look at the people who put us in disposition with anger, envy, hurt or bitterness?? If we still look at them or think with bitterness we sure need healing in that area …we may stumble at the a spiritual level, if we need to attain more, we need to be forgiving....tell ourselves we are not God to punish them even in our minds or thoughts!!!
Looking back in our lives, don’t we also have similar “brothers/sisters” (could be even a believer) who knowingly or unknowingly who disowned us or left us wondering or left us clueless? But, when we look back don’t we have an ASSURANCE as to why it happened? Have we not accomplished which seemed impossible for them? There are many who drew a line and conspired that we wouldn't go beyond a level..but, didn't we claim "lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, yes I have a goodly inheritance"...? What we are, and is nothing but His Grace!! Some of us have experienced rejection, dejection even from Servants of God, but it was so that HE WILL BE GLORIFIED IN OUR LIVES, HE HAD TO USE THE WEAKER ONES LIKE YOU AND ME. If that X stayed with us, perhaps we would think it was on X’s account that things flourished and the credit that was due to God wouldn’t be given in FULL to Him. There is no one who deserves more credit that God himself. Like Joseph said are we the God to punish….let us have no grudge or bitterness towards anyone. Christ is our reward, let usexhibit more of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. God Bless
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