I didn't write this one but it was so good I wanted
to share it with you all:
.."Everything is against me!" -
Genesis 42:36
Eventually, Benjamin along with Jacob's other sons learned that their brother
Joseph was second in command in Egypt. Joseph revealed his identity, and Jacob
was reunited with his son whom he had not seen for more than 13 years. He had
thought Joseph to be dead.
So often we believe our dreams are dead. There seems to be nothing left in our
world to live for. Everything appears to be against us. During these times,
God is doing His deepest behind-the-scenes work. During these times, God is
performing a deeper work in each of us-a work that cannot be seen.
When clients began leaving my ad agency and it dried up for no apparent
reason, it appeared "everything was against me." I could not see
that God was orchestrating a whole new calling on my life. At the moment, it
seemed like the worst thing in the world. It seemed that I had been a failure.
But God said, "No." All the years before had been preparation for
what God's ultimate calling would be. One of God's methods for directing His
children's steps is through drying up resources: a job loss, a career change,
or a disaster. In these times we are willing to listen more intently, and to
seek God in ways we would not normally do. C.S. Lewis once wrote, "God
whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our
pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." [C.S.Lewis, The
Problem of Pain, 93.]
In His Service,
Jim (jim@biblefood.org)
www.biblefood.org
www.goproclaim.com
"Seeing
the Big Picture" by Os Hillman