A lesson from Genesis

Something is about to change in my life very soon, something slightly too personal to mention, and I’m not sure what’s about to happen. It could make me happy or sad, and right now it’s a source of some anxiety to me. But I’ve been getting a lot of comfort from the book of Genesis, as I come to the close of reading it again. The final part of the book tells us about Joseph, how he was sold into slavery by his brothers and, after ending up in an Egyptian prison, eventually rose to power as governor of Egypt. God’s plan was to get him there and use him to save countless people from famine. But Joseph only got there after a series of very confusing and hurtful experiences. The lesson is that there is a hidden design in our experiences of life. I don’t know what’s about to happen next. Maybe it won’t be what I want, maybe it will; but it will be what God wants, and I know he loves me.