Genesis 44:23 But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
I have been working my way through Genesis for the past ten months, and one thing that I have seen and marveled at again and again is the fact that God uses imperfect people. Somewhere in my child’s mind growing up, I decided that God only used perfect people and I am so very far from perfect that it is laughable, so He obviously can’t use me.
Genesis 44:24 When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
Except that’s not true. Not a single one of the people God has called and used in Genesis is perfect. In fact, some of them have been eyebrow-raisingly, alarmingly imperfect. So what does that mean? God can use me, with my flawed humanity, my imperfect nature, my repeated missteps. He can and will and does use me in His kingdom work *if* I allow.
Genesis 44:25 “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’
Precious Savior, Thank You. I know that I am not enough, not perfect, not sinless. But I also know that I don’t need to be because I am Your deeply, completely, fiercely, graciously loved child. Thank You that, even though I make mistakes daily, You can and will and do use me to shine Your light and point others to You. Amen.
Genesis 44:26 But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
Have a blessed day.