GOD INTENDS GOOD FOR YOU

 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Genesis 50:20


Joseph is a person we know for the great things he did in the land of Egypt. However, Joseph's journey to becoming the Prime Minister of Egypt was not easy. Similarly, the hardships you are going through today are because there is something great that God has prepared for you.

The battles you face are the result of Satan's fight against you, but he uses people close to you to execute his agendas. You might be surrounded by wicked people who do not want to see any good thing happen to you, just as it was for Joseph, who was hated by his brothers for no reason. People who do not want to see you succeed and be above them, people who are unhappy when they see you blessed. These are the people who plan and do bad things to you. These people could be your relatives, friends, colleagues, or sometimes even fellow Christians.

I wish you knew every situation your enemies create to destroy your life is the very thing that God uses to lift you up. In every trial you go through, there is something to building you, or it is a door for you to move to another level in your life, just as it was for Joseph.

Even for Moses, on the river where Pharaoh was killing Hebrew children, it was the same river where Moses was thrown to die but Pharaoh's daughter saw him, picked him up, and Moses ended up in Pharaoh's palace being raised and nurtured royally.

Likewise, when you are going through tough times, maybe you have lost your job, or suffered a loss, or family and friends have abandoned you, that is the time when God is speaking to you and showing you what to do. And i assure you what will happen next in your life will be something that will take you to higher levels in your life. Where your enemies expect you to fall, there is when God will lift you up. Therefore, when they intend harm for you, that is when God turns that harm into good.

Prayer: Thank you, LORD, for thinking of me with thoughts of peace and turning the harm intended for me into good. Amen.

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