[Discoveries] 03-29-08 Setbacks and opportunities -- Genesis 37:19

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*"Come now, let's kill [Joseph] and throw him into one of these 
cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see 
what comes of his dreams." -- Genesis 37:19*/

God is so smart. He knows that the enemy schemes to destroy you and to 
destroy me. God could, of course, just stop every one of those schemes 
before it starts -- and, no doubt, He often does. But look here, God 
uses the very schemes of the enemy to bring about the triumph of God's 
people.

We see it here. God adjusts the plans of the jealous brothers, and 
Joseph is sent off to Egypt where he will become the ruler to whom they 
will bow. We see it in the evil plan of Caiaphas who said, "... it is 
better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole 
nation perish" (John 11:50).

We can look at all of our setbacks as attacks from the devil that need 
to be fought off. And they may be. But they are also opportunities for 
God to run circles around his foes.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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