Pastor's Corner

For Sunday July 24th
Trusting in the Sovereignty of God
“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good … to save many people.” (Genesis 50:20) These are the amazing words that Joseph said to his brothers when they thought he was going to take revenge for the way they had treated him many years before. Joseph reminds us that ultimately, our lives are not in the hands of men, but in the hands of God, who overrules all things for His glory.
There were two things that God was doing in Joseph’s life. First: the messiah was going to come through Judah, one of Joseph’s brothers. In order to keep the family alive God placed Joseph in Pharaoh’s palace so that he could save his family from dying during the famine and thus preserve the messianic line. Second: before Joseph could be placed in the palace and have all the authority that he would need to be able to save his family God had to shape Joseph’s character and build his faith. So the road from shepherd boy to governor of Egypt was marked with hardship and testing.
Every Christian needs to know the overarching, overruling hand of God in their lives, to know no matter what evil may come against us; God is sovereign over it and will turn it for good. It is impossible, while in the midst of our struggle, to see where all this is going and how it’s all going to end, we have to trust His hand. Believe in those words, “God meant it for good”.
Pastor Don.