- Genesis 39
"The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered". If I had been sold into slavery, even if things were going well as a slave, would I be able to say that the Lord was with me? Would I be able to say I was prospering? I might be so fixated on the actions of my brothers, or where I was living, that I missed how my life was prospering. Is it possible that sometimes we become so fixated on what is wrong that we miss all that is right?
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Being sold in to slavery, falsely accused and then thrown in to jail would make it hard for me to remember that God is always with me. In fact, it would be easy to blame God for all of those things. In times like that it is easy to feel abandoned or betrayed by God. These feelings should not be encouraged though, because God IS always with us as He was with Joseph.
ReplyDeleteWhen times get tough, it is SO easy to forget the positives and get bogged down with negative details. I sometimes become so focused on what I don't like about a person or place that I completely forget to see all of the good that is going on around me. Taking a step back, most of the time, the negatives are small details in relation to the overall picture. I have missed out on things that I would have enjoyed because I had a jaded perspective.
A recent thought about transferring of schools was tearing me up inside. I was focusing all of my energy on the negatives, that I wasn’t able to enjoy activities that I would normally find fun. I found myself weighing everything as a negative and was unable to find any positives and putting myself in a lose-lose situation. Regardless of what happened, I was going to find a negative in it, and even if I couldn’t find one I would reach until I found one. I have to make a concentrated effort to not get lost in all the negatives or make any quick decisions. Since doing so, I have found more activities enjoyable.