God's Best

Gen 37- 47

If God has our best interest in mind, why does life so often look the opposite? Suffering, pain, loss, these are His best for us? No. These are a result of a fallen world. The great part is that regardless of what life throws our way He has a plan that promises God's best for us and those involved.

The scriptures above talks about the life of Joseph. There are plays, movies, stories for both youth and adult on this one. Yet the message never grows old and each day God's Word refreshes as if we'd never heard the story.

Listen to what these people say as a result to their various situations in this one story.

The brothers: "Surely we are being punished for our sins toward out brother."
The father: "You have deprived me of my children. First Joseph, then Simeon, now Benjamin. Everything is against me."
Another brother: "What is God doing to us?"

Sound familiar? We say things like. "Why God? Why did this happen? This is too hard for me God, you went to far. What are you doing to me?"

Well, we know the end of the story with Joseph and if we knew the end of the story about our individual journey we'd feel better. But, the walk is a walk of faith and we are asked to trust Him.

God, in this one story, saved a nation, reunited a family and made them whole.
Christ, in His story for us, saved us, plans to reunite us and make us whole.

Though for a little while it seems like life deals fatal blows, it's not true. Our future is in his hands and God's best is ahead.