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Monday Devotional 10/5/2015

 

“Come closer to me,” he told his brothers. When they had done so, he said: “I am your brother Joseph, whom you once sold into Egypt. But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you.” – Genesis 45:4-5



Compassion & Forgiveness

Joseph is one of those Biblical characters that reveal a lot about compassion and forgiveness. What his brothers did was unspeakable, but God used their evil act to preserve Joseph’s heart and ensure the future of a nation. Even though Joseph’s brothers were blinded by their own arrogance, God’s plan was bigger.  Through everything that happened to Joseph, he remained faithful and he eventually forgave those that wronged him. Joseph’s story reminds us all that God is with us. As we read later on in Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” We too should endure so that we can embrace a heart like Joseph’s, one built upon faithfulness and compassion. – Commentary by Matthew Elliott

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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Mark 12:30
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”

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Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

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John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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Acts 1:4-5
4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.”

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Genesis 1:26
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

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Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Acts 2:42-47
42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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