On Assignment
Monday, June 12
On Assignment
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. Exodus 50:20
Do you know that God uses your deepest pain to launch your greatest calling? It’s the very thing that threatens to take you out, serves to bring you closer to and will be used by God. Maybe from where you are today, you can look back and see for yourself how the hardest times brought you to a greater purpose. And if you can see it for your past hardships, perhaps it makes your current hardships more of an assigned mission than assigned misery.
Pain becomes purpose when that pain is placed in the palms of God.
When all you can do is run to the Father during your trails you will discover that running to God was the best decision. Hurts are healed and become healing for others when surrendered to an Almighty Creator who always saw beyond the hurt to a greater plan.
The times of chaos and confusion God leads you through become your calling, so you can be his hands and feet to lead others through their own chaos and confusion.
It’s just how God works. He takes harm and he turns it for good. This is amplified in today’s verse where Joseph has survived being a slave and being imprisoned, and he has risen to a position of power in the King’s house. Now, his brothers are there to beg for food during a famine where they are starving, and Joseph has the ability to save them. And he says to his brothers in Exodus 50:20, “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.”
Will you look at your situation today and say like Joseph? You intend to take me out, but God is going to cause me to shine. Every attempted attack and intended harm will be turned right around and used for God’s honor and glory.
Prayer for today: Heavenly Father spread Your protection over us, and cover us with Your favor like a shield. Amen