God Who is There

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God Who is There

Genesis 50:19-21 - Joseph’s story is telling, not just about Joseph’s strength, but of a God who is with Joseph in trial and hurt and suffering. He’s not just present with him, but also working in it. God doesn’t need perfect situations to shape us. God doesn’t need perfect people, either. The enemy can use suffering to cause us to hate and distrust God, but in our looking at Christ, we know that God has suffered on our behalf. And what the enemy and even the world saw as bad, God was working for our good and His glory.

Taking it to Jesus - Jesus’ life, looked at from the outside, would have been seen as a failure and a mess. BUT GOD was working His plan the whole time. Most would assume that if God was “in it,” there would never be anything wrong or weak or struggling (much less death). BUT, God flipped it, suffered with us, and defeated sin, death, the grave, and darkness. God is working in and through us in the midst of our trials and struggles, through the presence of His Holy Spirit. He is there.