When Evil Turns Into Good
“And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 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 50:18-20)
Today’s Morsel: What would you do if you knew that all the evil things that you are going through or have gone through that God meant it for the good of others. The life of Jospeh carries with it many examples of how God can turn evil into good. Jospeh had seen his mother Rachel die in the childbirth of his younger brother Benjamin. He had seen his sister raped, and his brothers commit murder. He had seen the grief and hurt on his father’s face. He had seen the hate of his brothers toward him. He knew what it felt like to be sold on an auction block as a slave. He had spent time in prison for the false accusation of rape against him. This would be enough evil to make any grown man cry. But for Jospeh, somewhere his development and love for God and the word of God stuck deep within his heart. Somewhere Jospeh had learned that character counted. And when it was all said and done, Jospeh realized that his evil was not of other’s doing, but God had allowed these things to happen in his life to preserve the life of an entire nation. By all accounts, David was happy with just being a shepherd boy and doing his father’s bidding. But like Joseph, he too, found himself being hated by his brother, sought to be killed by the king for jealousy, called names by his enemy, and saw his best friend killed in battle. But these things which he endured made him a deliver of God’s people, and a man after God’s own heart. Evils can sometimes make us feel as though we have done wrong and that we are being punished by God for something that we have done. But as Jesus told His disciples when they asked Him who sinned that the man was made blind: “……. neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” (John 9:3) God always has a way of turning our evils into good. So don’t be too quick to become weary of them. Just wait and see what good God will bring out of them.
Sing: Temptations, hidden snares often take us unaware; and our hearts or made to bleed for each thoughtless word and deed. And we wonder why the test, when we try to do our best; we will understand it better by and by.
By and by, when the morning come; and all the saints of God are gathered home; we will tell the story, how we’ve overcome; and we’ll understand it better by and by.
Thought For Today: “There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” (Psalms 91:10)
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