Genesis 50:20 [NLT] ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.’
DAILY READING; • 1 Thessalonians 5; Isaiah 23-24; Psalm 116
In AD 64, Rome suffered a terrible fire that burned for six days and seven nights consuming almost three quarters of the city. The people accused the Emperor Nero for the devastation claiming he set the fire for his own amusement. In order to deflect these accusations and placate the people, Nero laid blame for the fire on the Christians and ordered their arrest.
Starting from that point, persecution of Christians became official policy in Rome for the first time. Soon sights of Christians facing lions in the Colosseum or being burnt at the stake became a familiar scene.
Thereafter pagans began blaming Christians for absurd things such as accusing them of causing earthquakes and floods etc. On the contrary, Christians prayed for the welfare of the people, and when disasters occurred, it was they who helped the victims, not the pagans.
Many people were amazed by the response of the Christians.
The more Christians were persecuted, the more they bore bold witness to the power of their Faith. Even when Christians were to be put to death, they would go along, often praying and joyfully singing hymns. Many people were moved by their courage and came to believe that there must be something special about the Christian faith.
In the end, the result of the persecutions turned out to be the exact opposite of what had been intended. Rather than reduce the Church, the martyrs’ witness persuaded many people to believe in Christ and this ended up increasing the number of believers.
God knows how to turn around what was meant for evil to be for the good of His people.
At the Cross, the devil thought he was cutting down God’s Kingdom by crucifying Christ. But what he didn’t know was that through Christ’s crucifixion, the door of salvation opened up for many more sons and daughters to be brought into God’s Kingdom. Truly, if the devil had known, he would not have crucified the king of glory.
Anytime you are being attacked or persecuted by the enemy, always be assured that God knows how to turnaround the adversities to your advantage.
Genesis 50:20 shows us that He is truly a turnaround God. He dramatically caused the plans of Joseph’s brothers to backfire and turned things around in Joseph’s favor.
In Psalm 30:11 David said “Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;’
Certainly, God knows how to turn our sorrow into joy, and transform our disappointments into great blessings.
This is why we praise Him even in the face of difficulties.
Indeed, God is too faithful to fail!
As long as you walk in obedience to God’s Word, any door the enemy tries to close against you, will only end up leading to greater doors of opportunity and blessings in your life.
As a child of God, in every conflict you are always guaranteed victory through the turnaround power in the Blood of Jesus
Therefore, let us learn to look beyond obvious challenges and rather keep praising God at all times because we know that no matter what happens, His divine purpose is being worked out together for our good.
PRAYER; Lord please enable me to always stand in faith no matter the oppositions I may face. Thank You Lord for always fighting my battles and giving me the victory at last in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
To enjoy divine opportunities you must be willing to take the risk of faith. WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
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