July 12, 2019
Acts 7:9-16 The Voice (VOICE)
When you face the hard places in life, do you still know God is with you and working in your behalf? Every place of trial stretches our faith and trust in God. I have many loved ones who are facing hard places right now. They must fight every feeling of having been forsaken by God. Jesus taught his disciples and he teaches us, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
Yesterday, we explored how the Lord is our Rescuer. We touched on how sometimes the Lord rescues us by intervening in our circumstances. However, sometimes the Lord rescues us by covering us with his grace and wisdom, so we can stay in the hard places and be a witness to God’s power working in and through us. It is God’s heart to draw all people to himself; his ways are not our ways (Is. 55:8). If you are going through some hard times, please recognize you have an opportunity to reveal God’s presence to others. Stay humble and trust the Lord to overcome in your life. Be encouraged by our lesson today from the life of Joseph.