[Discoveries] 09-22-07 Freedom and vision

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/*But [Joseph's] brothers were not able to answer him, because they were 
terrified at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close 
to me." -- Genesis 45:3-4*/

What did Joseph see that his brothers, in their terror, were unable to 
see? He saw the hand of God.

Did you know that there will come a day when we will look at every event 
in our lives and see the hand of God? We will look at every one who has 
wronged us and see not the pain, but the eternal purposes of God.

Joseph stood there and looked at the ten men who set out to destroy his 
life. These are the men who wanted to profit from his misery. These are 
the men who plotted his death. These are the men who reduced the value 
of his life to a few copper coins, and sent him away to a life of utter 
insignificance. He stood there with the power to do the same to them - 
to do more, to repay them for every evil thought they ever had, to ruin 
them. But instead he says, "Come close to me."

Joseph has gone beyond forgiveness. He has seen the purposes of God. He 
has seen the work of God in his own life and in the life of his brothers.

Think about it. The day Joseph forgave his brothers he became a free 
man. Free from the bitterness and hopelessness with which the enemy 
wanted to enslave him. But the day Joseph saw the purposes of God, he 
became a ruler.

That is God's plan for us: freedom and the vision to rule.

Be encouraged!
Dwight



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