Saturday, March 25, 2017

Daily Wisdom

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty…” Gen 27:4

The pits of life are a promise in life.  In spite of what Joseph faced two remarkable truths got him to the surface. One, while man is limited to where he can be or what he wants to be involved in, God is of neither. He’s everywhere, even in the deepest of pits and he wants and promises to be there with you (Gen 39:2). Two, Joseph’s greatest prosperity did not start to manifest until he went through his  pit and got to where God wanted him in Egypt (Gen 39:1), all for the good of others.  Man gets tempted by and can easily fall into relying on man’s strength and encouragement instead of God’s, and when man’s efforts stop at condolences God carries you through to the completion. Don’t focus on the gloomy hopeless images of the pit, like the three Israelite boys in the furnace, focus on the God who is with you in the pit with you. Don’t focus so much on trying to climb out, rather rely on  God to lift you out.

“There is no pit so deep that His love is not deeper still.”

HSAY… Todd

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