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4 Then
Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me." When they had done
so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed
and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save
lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land,
and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you
to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great
deliverance. 8 "So
then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh,
lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. Genesis 45:4-8 (NIV)
15 When
Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if
Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to
him?" 16 So
they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions
before he died: 17 'This
is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins
and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the
sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came
to him, Joseph wept. 18 His
brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your
slaves," they said. 19 But
Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but
God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of
many lives. 21 So
then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he
reassured them and spoke kindly to them. Genesis 50:15-21 (NIV)
12 When
Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because
you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent at
this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place,
but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have
come to royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:12-14 (NIV)
1 After
Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father,
the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For
you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to
all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that
they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you
gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I
had with you before the world began.” John
17:1-5 (NIV)
24 “The
God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and
does not live in temples built by hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed
anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
26 From
one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth;
and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should
live. 27 God
did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him,
though he is not far from each one of us.”
Acts 17:24-27 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Realize
that God means for you to be where you are.” Robert
J. Morgan
“Did you ever stop and think about the fact that God has put you
where you are for such a time as this? It is providence. If you have suffered
in life, God can take your hurt and pain and use it to make you a godly man or
woman for such a time as this….There is only one you. There is one person
walking this earth with your exact heritage. The precise events and sufferings
of your life have brought you to this hour. God is aware of it. He has been
preparing, equipping, and allowing what has been happening in your life to get
you ready. He has something for you to say. He has something for you to do.” Greg Laurie
“Somehow
in the wonder-working providence of God, our worst problems become our best
pulpits. God turns our tragedies into testimonies and our emergencies into
evangelism. Our testimonies are forged and crafted in the trials of life, our
pain has an evangelistic purpose, our problems become His pulpits, and the
things that happen to us turn out for the furtherance of the gospel.” Robert J. Morgan
“Instead
of looking for a way out of our circumstances, look for Him in it. Ask Him to provide the strength, power, peace
and wisdom needed to do His bidding. We
are all perfectly placed and equipped as Esther “for such a time as this” – be faithful.” BHY
“God’s
will will never put us where His presence will not sustain us.” Robert J. Morgan
“He
that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s
providence to lead him aright.” Blaise
Pascal
“To
the child of God, there is no such thing as an accident. He travels an appointed way…..Accidents may
indeed appear to befall him and misfortune stalk his way; but these evils will
be so in appearance only and will seem evils only because we cannot read the
secret script of God’s hidden providence.”
A.W. Tozer
“A
firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution to all earthly
problems.” B.B.
Warfield
“Let
me carefully mark the inward workings of thy grace, and the outward tokens of
thy providence, so as daily to have a true sense of thy gracious presence in
every thing, more or less important; and thereby to be ever strengthened in
faith, and kept in a composed state of mind; considering that nothing happens
by mere chance, but all is wisely ordered by thy providential care to our good;
firmly believing, if anything goes contrary to expectation, that something
better will follow in its stead, if we only can be quiet, and wait the time.” K.H.
Von Bogatzky
HEART
SAVOR
- · God gives grace sufficient to meet every need He allows in my life – both for His glory and my good. The One that gives the power gets the glory.
- · God is the Master of making beauty out of our perceived ashes.
- · I am to keep my eyes on God. Where He leads me I am to follow. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
