During a very difficult time in my life some years ago I would struggle to trust God and I would ask Him, why God? why do I have to go through this terrible trial? I would tell him how I was missing out on so much because of this heart breaking time in my life and in my pain and selfishness I would resent how most of the people I knew were not going through something so hard as this. I would doubt Him and he would be so patient to speak to me through His word.
Over the years, God has shown me the beauty of His sovereignty over all the events in my life.
Those years that I thought I would never recover from so much suffering He meant them for good. Those lonely times, He meant them for good for it was in those moments where I felt his presence and a peace that would come to my heart, so indescribable. Like the Psalmist I would start asking, crying, doubting, but he would lead me to seek Him in His word and He would speak to me and reassure me that He was with me. At times, I still have those moments, I still cry out to him and ask why Lord? why this? but He never fails to show Himself to me like an amazing Father and friend.
These past couple of weeks I have been studying the life of Joseph in Genesis. He was robbed by his siblings so many years of being in his land, with his family, with his father who loved him. He was sold like a piece of merchandise and sent to jail for no reason. And yet, when after many years, he sees his siblings, He says "7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God." Genesis 45:7-8
He recognized that God was the one ordaining all these hard events in his life because he (God) was in control and because He loved Joseph and He wanted Joseph to bring Him glory.
Instead of becoming bitter, He recognized that God lives, that He is higher and wiser than our ways.
Joseph's life brings glory to God in that He forgave his brothers and showed them mercy.
I truly think this forgiveness produced in Joseph's heart was from God. After so much suffering and loneliness "caused" by his brothers rejection, he is able to forgive them and "kiss them" v. 15 this is really a supernatural thing.
In your loneliness and in your doubts, trust God's sovereignty. Trust He knows why and how and when. Trust that because His ways are higher than ours, it is good that He knows.
Trust that He is with you and that he has a sovereign plan, that all these days, months or years are not wasted, you are not losing out on something greater than having God with you, before you and in your favor.Trust Him that in your suffering he is making you more like his Son. Trust Him, if you are in Christ, he is with you and that's the best thing that we can have.
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Durante una epoca muy difícil de mi vida algunos años atrás a menudo dudaba y le preguntaba A Dios, ¿porque Señor, porque me toco esto a mi? Como el salmista muchas veces yo venia a Dios diciendole mis dudas, pero El era fiel de llevarme a Su palabra y mostrarme en ella cuan real es el y como el quería revelarse a mi como mi consolador, padre, amigo, y Señor. Estos días he estado estudiando la vida de Jose en Genesis y me ha maravillado ver como Jose reconocia la Soberania de Dios. Ninguno de los eventos de su vida se había escapado de las manos de Dios. El tenia control absoluto de cada uno de los sufrimientos de Jose. Por el odio de sus hermanos Jose fue robado de tener una vida "normal" en su tierra, con su padre que lo amaba, con sus hermanos. Pero Jose reconocía la soberanía de Dios en Genesis 45:5 "Ahora pues, no os entristezcáis ni os pese el haberme vendido aquí; pues para preservar vidas me envió Dios delante de vosotros." y en Genesis 45:7-8 "Y Dios me envió delante de vosotros para preservaros un remanente en la tierra, y para guardaros con vida mediante una gran liberación. 8 Ahora pues, no fuisteis vosotros los que me enviasteis aquí, sino Dios;" y Dios uso todo esta tristeza en la vida de Jose para su bien y para que Jose diera gloria a Dios.
Es maravilloso ver como Jose glorificó a Dios en la manera que el perdonó a sus hermanos y les dio gracia, amor y favor (v.15) " Y besó a todos sus hermanos, y lloró sobre ellos; y después sus hermanos hablaron con él."
En los dias, meses, o años de dolor, sufrimiento, soledad, y llanto de tu vida confía en El, confía que El sabe y sus caminos son mucho mas sabios que los nuestros. Confía que no te estas perdiendo de algo o de alguien mas grande e importante que tu Padre Eterno, confía que si estas en Cristo, El esta a tu favor, contigo y va delante de ti. Confía que El usara todo este tiempo que parece perdido para Su gloria y tu bien pues conoceras mas profundamente la presencia de Dios, su paz, su gracia y su gozo inexplicable. Confía que en tu sufrimiento El te esta haciendo mas como su Hijo.
El esta contigo!
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