Is God with anyone?

Subject:	Is God with anyone?
Date:	Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:05 -0500

Devotional Guide For the Week of February 7, 2010

JESUS IN GENESIS

Is God with anyone?

To Know:

³The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his
Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the
Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes
and became his attendant.² Joseph¹s master took him and put him in prison,
the place where the king¹s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was
there in prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted
him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.¹² (Gen. 39:2,3,20,21)

How to succeed books are continual best sellers. There is no lack of books
offering the secret to success. Usually, the one who succeeds is the writer
through book sales. Genesis chapter 39 really does reveal the secret of
success. Three times we are told that the Lord was with Joseph. The outward
observer would have predicted that Joseph was destined to a life of failure.
It seemed on the surface that the man was God forsaken. Where was God when
his brothers wanted to kill him and did, in fact, sell him into Egyptian
bondage? Was God even aware that this bond slave of an Egyptian owner was
cast into a dungeon on trumped up charges? The answer is yes and yes. First,
we read that when he landed in the house of Potiphar, ³the Lord was with
JosephŠ² Again we are told that when his Egyptian master had him imprisoned,
the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the
eyes of the prison warden.² God was secretly at work in Joseph¹s life and
therefore the secret to his success. Almighty God is the secret to success
for all who trust in him.

To Do:

Out of all the families ³scatteredŠover the face of the whole earth² (Gen.
11:8), God chose to be with the family of Abraham. The promise to Abraham
was that ³all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.² (Gen. 12:3)
Centuries later the prophet Isaiah told how that blessing would be given.
³The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call
him Immanuel.² (7: 14) Matthew said that the birth of Jesus Christ
fulfilled God¹s promise of blessing. (See Matt. 1:22,23) God is with
anyone and everyone who trusts him or herself into the care of Jesus Christ.

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