Today is Wednesday, December 19, 2018, and here is your daily devo. In Joseph's helping guide his brothers to repentance, we see a picture of how God works with us to bring us to repentance. In God's kindness, he can fix us of our sin to draw us to repentance, even if that requires us to endure difficult or painful circumstances. The brothers' repentance was necessary for reconciliation with Joseph, but Joseph had a part to play as well.
He had to extend forgiveness. Because we are a forgiven people through Christ, we forgive those who sin against us, just as Joseph did. Longing for justice and for things to be set right is not wrong, but our bitterness, desire for revenge, and lack of forgiveness reveal our desire to execute a task that belongs to God alone. The power to forgive our enemies is found in trusting God's justice and mercy.
Think about this. How can we show love and mercy to those we disagree with? How is this an expression of God's love for us? Since Jesus is a Savior who offers forgiveness in the world, how can we be part of the commission to take the message of forgiveness to all people?
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