SPIRITUAL COFFEE FOR YOUR MORNING
(ONE DAY, IT WILL DAWN ON THEM)
Genesis 37:18-36
Romans 8:28
There is a way some people are treating you today because they don't know who you really are. They know what they have heard. They know your past. They know what they can see from your outward appearance. They know what you have told them.
But they don't know YOU. They don't know what is in the scrolls of your destiny. They don't know who you are in the Heart of God. They don't know the future He has for you. Because, you see, not many people care enough to look beyond the surface and seek God's Heart concerning others. What they can see from the outside is enough for them.
So forgive them. They don't know what they are doing. The day they discover who you were all along, they will wish they could turn back the hand of time and treat you better. But God has a tendency of hiding people's true identities so that people can handle them according to the true nature of their hearts.
Can you imagine how the brothers of Joseph would have treated Joseph if they really knew how to interpret his dreams?
What If they knew what was waiting for them in the future, and how they would need Joseph to save their lives from dying in famine?
I doubt if they would have mistreated him, mocked him, tried to kill him, or sold him off to Egypt. They would, instead, have fought over him to be his favorite in preparation for the future. So they were blinded, because he needed to be sold off, and he needed to go ahead of them to Egypt. They meant what they were doing for evil, but God meant all that rejection for good, not just the good of Joseph but the good of the whole family.
Whatever people are doing to you today, and you're wondering why, you're confused by the rejection and mistreatment...commit yourself to God's care and cling to Him in faithfulness. God will use it for your good and the good of many people in the future. And remember, don't be bitter against them. Don't resent them.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
FORGIVE THEM.
(Ephesians 2:8)
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