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.’
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Jeremiah 51-52, Psalms 27
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According to history, in AD 64, Nero the emperor of Rome was motivated to destroy the city so he would be able to bypass the senate and rebuild Rome in his image.
So he sent out men to set fire to the city. There were unconfirmed rumors that Nero sang songs from his palace as the fire burned.
This terrible fire burned for six days and seven nights consuming almost three quarters of Rome.. 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 already unpopular Christians and ordered their arrest.
Starting from that point, persecution of Christians became official policy in Rome . Soon sights of Christians being thrown to 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.
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.
Certainly God is able to turnaround adversities to our 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;’
As we come to the last day of the month of June today, we have every cause to be grateful. Despite the increasingly difficult times facing the world today, God keeps turning things around for us. By His grace while others are breaking down, we will keep breaking forth to greater dimensions in all our endeavors.
Indeed God knows how to turn our sorrow into joy, and transform our disappointments into great blessings.
God is too faithful to ever fail us!
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.
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, He is taking us forward and causing our lights to keep shining brighter and brighter in Jesus Name.
PRAYER; Lord I thank You for bringing me to the end of June today. I am grateful for all Your goodness. Please enable me to always stand in faith and keep praising You in every situation in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
To enjoy divine opportunities you must be willing to take the risk of faith. WORDBITE 222
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