“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” (Genesis 50:20)
If Joseph’s older brothers had not mistreated Joseph resulting in his being sold into Egypt, he would not have been there to rescue his father, his brothers and their wives and children from starvation in a great world famine. When they were begging Joseph’s forgiveness he addressed them with the words of our text.
God has a way of taking bad things and making good things happen. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”
Thousands and thousands of people world-wide over the centuries have benefited from the cruelty toward Jesus at Calvary and His death at the instigation of the Jews and the hands of the Romans. They meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.
Has someone mistreated you? God knows about it and can bless you as a result of that mistreatment. Turn the results over to God, as Joseph did. God can bring good out of bad.
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