April 26, 2020
When
was the last time you realized that your plans were ruined? Things just
weren't going to work as you expected. You thought that with a little
effort and work you could achieve it and stay on track. However, it's
just not going to happen. That is a difficult time. Sometimes it
includes tears, other times words that we don't want to repeat here. We
have all been there one way or another. We have all
been faced
with the reality that our beloved Plan A simply was not going to work.
We thought that life was a straight line between "potential" and
"success," but it just doesn't work
that way. That was Joseph's story. An episode that started with his
dreams of becoming the boss, ends with him being beaten and alone in an
empty cistern listening to his brothers arguing about what to do with
his corpse. Joseph had to make a decision: naively
hold on to Plan A and become bitter, or trust God and surrender to what
God was teaching him during the "in between."
When was the last time that you realized that a given situation was not going to work like you expected? How did you feel?
According to Genesis 37,
what are some of the factors that cause Joseph to end up in the bottom
of the cistern? How many of those were under Joseph’s control?
Put yourself in the
place of Joseph down in the cistern, what are you thinking as you hear
your brothers work out their plans? How are you feeling? What is your
attitude?
Joseph went from great
dreams of the future to the bottom of hole in a short time. What part of
your dreams have been affected “in a short time” by our current
situation? What do you have to learn from Joseph?
How is this situation
helping Joseph to become the leader that he would eventually become?
What lessons can he take from this situation?
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