Good and bad decisions alike can cause hard consequences after the choice has been made. The difference though, is that godly decisions may have initial hard consequences, but when followed through, God always redeems those decisions and His good, perfect and pleasing plan always prevails.
Joseph was a perfect example of this truth playing out.
Just like us, I’m sure Joseph’s life was full of decisions.
One decision Joseph made cost him dearly.
Joseph had been sold by his brothers into slavery but scripture tells us that Joseph found favor in the eyes of his new master, Potiphar, who was one of Pharaoh’s officials.
When Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph in all that he did, he put Joseph in charge of his household, and entrusted him with all that he owned.
It was while serving Potiphar faithfully that Joseph was faced with a decision to obey God or not.
Potiphar's wife had set her sights on Joseph and demanded that he sleep with her.
Joseph again and again refused.
One would think that Joseph would have been immediately blessed for his godliness and faithful decision making. However, instead of blessings, Joseph faced the wrath of his master and found himself sitting in a jail cell falsely accused.
But scripture tells us that “The Lord was with Joseph”.
We too, may make godly decisions and be faced with consequences that seem hard and unfair.
But, The Lord is with us too. He is working His plan out and all we must do is remain faithful to Him.
Trusting and relying on His name and His goodness; obeying, even when it is hard or painful.
Joseph clung to the Lord, despite it all, and in time God blessed him abundantly and unfathomably.
Joseph went from prisoner to second in command of all Egypt.
God blessed him with sons and a restored relationship with his brothers.
God was not mocked, and what Joseph sowed he eventually reaped. Probably much more so than he ever could have imagined or conceived.
We serve the same God today. Hold on and be faithful through the days that seem dark. God is working and He is faithful.
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
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