Responding To Problems
I know that everything that
happens in life has a reason, but it's up to us how we respond. There are things in life that happen that are
very hard to get past. I think of Joseph
who went through a number of things that would be very hard to get over
easily. It must of been very hard being rejected by
his brothers , who had shown no mercy at his cries when he cried from a pit in
which they had thrown him. Worst of all
they took him and sold him into slavery and had not one drop of mercy as he
looked back in tears.
I know it must of been very
hard for Joseph to get past being accused of something he didn't do. Especially because the accusation against him
would harm his testimony as a Godly man.
Then to be thrown into prison for years and seemingly forgotten. How he must of been tempted to become bitter
at his situation. He must of spent many hours praying and wondering in his
heart why. Still he trusted and stayed faithful to God.
Then came the day he became the "savior of the known world."
God had blessed him with the unusual ability to know things through the
interpretation of dreams. He was blessed
with the gift
even as a child. The gift was one of the reasons his brothers
hated him. His family did not believe him but the talent that God had given him
would be used to save many people from starvation. God had a greater purpose.
Now this story I'm about to
tell you may not seem to be as hard a
thing to go through as what Joseph did, but I know it is something kids can learn from today. When I was around seven or eight years old. I
was an A student in my music class. The
school was having a Christmas program and I was in the bell choir. I was all excited about it and ready to give
it my all. We stood up to perform our
song and it was perfect as far as I can remember, but to my surprise, not a
good surprise at all, The boy behind me
decided he wanted to move my chair from behind me. The teacher motioned for us to all be seated
and what happened? I fell flat on my
behind and bells were ringing everywhere.
Kids were angry at me for messing up the whole program. They stood there laughing and some were
mad. The teacher pulled me aside and guess what, She informed me my grade would be lowered by one letter because of what someone else did
to me. Now I don't remember what happened afterwards, I'm sure I was very heart broken, but I do know
this. When you get punished for
something that someone else does to you
it's not something that you get over easily.
Through life we go through
things sometimes, so that later on, we can help others who may be going through
tough times. We may have even been
unjustly treated just as Joseph. God has given us the story of Joseph as an
example how to react to life's problems. In the story of Joseph, He becomes a very powerful man over all of Egypt. He even had the power to put people into prison, but Joseph also knew to show mercy as he was lead by God. Joseph was a powerful man but He also was a very humble man because of everything God allowed him to go through. He was able to react to those who treated him unjustly with love and forgiveness, but he also used caution in his choices. He was prepared by His problems for a greater purpose.
When problems come along in your life, remember Joseph and learn from his choices. God has a purpose for you and if you stay faithful he will bring you to that purpose and your eyes will be opened to the why, just as Joseph learned why.
When problems come along in your life, remember Joseph and learn from his choices. God has a purpose for you and if you stay faithful he will bring you to that purpose and your eyes will be opened to the why, just as Joseph learned why.
Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought
evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this
day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 45:6-8
For these two years hath the famine been in
the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be
earing nor harvest. And God sent me
before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by
a great deliverance.
So now it was not you that
sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of
all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Children's Devotion:
Susan Y Nikitenko November 17th, 2013
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