Allowed for Good Reason

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is today, to save many people alive.” (Genesis‬ ‭50:20‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Sometimes when something bad is allowed to happen to you, even after you prayed in faith, trust that God allowed it for a good reason.

Your enemies may have intended evil towards you, but God permitted you to be placed exactly in this situation to bring about some form of good!

What you thought was for your harm, will actually turn out to be for your protection and promotion.

The harder the enemy tries to topple you, the more he ushers you towards possessing your inheritance in the promised land. This is divine irony, and it is hilariously wonderful for us!

Potiphar’s wife thought that she had set Joseph up to suffer, but it was actually God who allowed this to happen, so that Joseph could meet the chief butler at the right time. It was an awesome divine set up.

If you have read the story before, Joseph interpreted the chief butler’s prophetic dream, and this opened a way for him to meet Pharaoh in the palace, to interpret the king of Egypt’s dreams.

Without being sold into slavery and thrown into prison, Joseph would have never had developed the humility and faith needed to do his job well as the second-in-command of Egypt.

Without being in the prison at that time, Joseph would have never ended up in the palace. All the events in Joseph’s life, both good and bad, worked together for good.

There is a reason for every season of life. Treasure all the precious lessons you can because things are usually not as they initially seem.

Then what happens to your enemies who try to harm you? Haman built a gallows, hoping to get Mordecai hung on it. In the end, through the invisible hand of God’s intervention, Haman ended up being the one hung on the gallows. The enemy’s plans backfired on himself.

“Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.” (Proverbs‬ ‭26:27‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

You have been predestined by God for greatness, and prepared so that you would enjoy great glory, rewards, and honor in the Messianic kingdom during the Millennium.

God works by times and seasons. At this time, people around you may even look down on you, but God sees you winning soon.

Prayerfully consider your situation now. Ask God to reveal anything He wants you to know for the next few steps you will take. He can lead you to the right place at the right time.

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob” is a Bible Study series eBook about the Book of Genesis. It highlights a faithful and generous God who keeps His covenant, despite how our patriarchs of faith messed up big-time in their lives.

The apostle Paul said we are blessed together with believing Abraham, and the Book of Genesis says that Abraham was blessed in all things. Study this book to understand the kind of blessings that are laid up for you.

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Get More Done Through God-Directed Rest

“He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds. The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him...It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”” (Genesis‬ ‭15:8-12, 17-21‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

In the passage above, Abram was getting ready to make a covenant with the Lord. He was doing a good job chasing away the birds who wanted to eat the carcasses needed for the covenant.

But the Lord saw that Abram was trying his best by his own efforts, and put him to sleep.

Subsequently, the Lord made Abram the beneficiary of the covenant, while He became the only one responsible to fulfill all the terms of the covenant.

Abram, a fallible mere mortal, would never have become the heir of the world if he had insisted on fulfilling the covenant by his own efforts. It can only be possible through God alone.

Sometimes you want to stay awake and handle things by yourself, trying to do your best.

But suddenly, God forces you to sleep. Whatever situation you’re facing that seems like ‘forced sleep’, don’t fight against it—just rest.

God knows that you are overworked and overloaded. You need a break and to receive true rest from Him. It is the time to double up on feeding on the Gospel of the Grace of Christ.

You may be thinking, “I can’t rest now! There’s so many things waiting for me to complete. If I don’t do it, no one else will!”

Be assured that while you are resting by receiving God’s word, God is at work for your good.

Hearing the Gospel is never wasted time. In fact, it is the power of God unto your salvation from all troubles.

Your God is arranging things in your favor, preparing people to help you, and when you are ready, He gives you the power, anointing and wisdom to do double or more of the same amount of work in less time, with a renewed restfulness and ease.

You will get more done when you make time for this God-directed rest!

I wrote a Patreon Bible Study series called “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” which is a study of almost the whole book of Genesis, focusing on the patriarchs of our faith, and how God’s power and grace shone forth in their lives.

We are called “Abraham’s offspring” and blessed with believing Abraham, so we need to learn about this man’s life to understand how to inherit these blessings.

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I finally finished writing the last issue (72) of my Patreon Bible Study series called “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”.

In the words of one of the patrons, “I am blessed and encouraged reading this series. It's my favourite, I must say!”

In the series, which is essentially a study of the Book of Genesis starting from Genesis chapter 12, we looked at how our patriarchs of faith, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, were exemplary men in some ways, but inconsistent in their obedience.

The true source of their blessedness and success is God who remains faithful to them. He alone keeps the covenant that He established with them.

With a beautiful cast of other characters in the chapters, we see how a perfect God is gracious and merciful to imperfect humans, and how He restores and protects those who have faith in Him.

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is your God too. The Bible says that we are blessed together with faithful Abraham, and that God had blessed Abraham in ALL things.

If you want to have this testimony of being blessed in all things, you must learn why it happened for Abraham, and about the God who did it for him.

Abraham was wealthy, there is no record he was ever sick, he lived a long life, he experienced youth renewal, he had a beautiful spouse, he was protected from harm, was blessed with many children, he experienced near-impossible victories, and more. If you want to be blessed like him, study his life and the covenant God made with him and his descendants.

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