July 15

 
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this
present result, to preserve many people alive.” (Genesis 5:20)

 
In this passage, we discover Joseph speaking to his brothers in the purest kind of love and truth. In the ultimate betrayal, they had sold him into slavery as a boy and then lied to Joseph’s father about his fate, convincing the patriarch that his beloved son was consumed by a wild beast and was forever gone. But, in God’s perfect and consummately sovereign plan, Joseph ultimately became the second most powerful human of his time. Joseph was named the immediate deputy to the Egyptian pharaoh of the greatest and most powerful kingdom on Earth. In his capacity, Joseph was second only to the Pharaoh himself in wielding power in that great Kingdom. Thus, Joseph could effortlessly have had his brothers executed on the spot by his authority alone. But notice how the Spirit of the Most High gave him exceptional insight into what had happened in his life. Even in this most vile circumstance, Joseph taught his brothers in Genesis 5:20 that God was able to redirect and change the evil that they had plotted against their little brother in the wilderness. And the unfolding good ordained by God was not just for Joseph’s ultimate advantage, but for the lasting, generational benefit of his brothers, his father Israel, and all of their families –as well as every heathen man, woman, and child in the kingdom of Egypt. On this noonday, let us understand that we serve the same timeless God, and this same Lord Master loves each of us as much as He loved Joseph. And, in our lives, regardless of the vile circumstance that we may find ourselves in at any given moment, our God is using all these things for our good to evoke unrestrained worship of His timeless glory and praise from our lips. (Romans 8:28) For He and His mighty deeds are worthy of our praise, our uninhibited celebration, and our life’s devotion to the Great Kingdom.

 
Before the King at Midday

 
“Blessed Father of all that is good, allow me today the vision of Joseph, that You are my sovereign Protector and my peerless Navigator through all the mazes of this life. Settle my soul in the knowledge that Thou knowest all – every footstep, all the way to my eternal destiny! And in this timeless knowledge, Lord, I find great peace and joy as You have wrapped me round about in Your flawless goodness. Amen.”