Genesis 45:5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
I’ll be honest…while I admire Joseph’s attitude here, I am having a really difficult time with it. Perhaps he has dealt with his anger at his brothers’ actions “off the page” and we just didn’t see it, but I would have a hard time being as generous as he even if I felt God had used the events to my good and His glory.
Genesis 45:6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
I absolutely know that says something about me and exposes an area that God has been working with me on for quite a while: trust and forgiveness. Seems a little silly since I’ve never had to deal with anything on the scale of forgiving my siblings for selling me into slavery nor languishing in an Egyptian prison, but here we are.
Genesis 45:7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Precious Savior, This morning I feel You calling me once again to work on my issues of trust and forgiveness. You know these are difficult for me, and I know that You call me to get over myself and figure out how to incorporate both more generously into my life. Forgive me. Help me. Amen.
Genesis 45:8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
Have a blessed day.