Finding God in Family Pain and Redemption

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When our deepest wounds aren't caused by strangers But by our very own family Today we're going to see that even in the heartbreak of Severe family dysfunction Wicked betrayal That God is never absent Today and throughout this series We're going to see that And this is kind of the overriding theme of the story of Joseph Is that even when family Wounds us deeply God is not absent He is often doing his deepest work When he seems most hidden I want you to think about that for just a moment The times when you least see God Could be the very times that he's doing the most in your life [00:35:53] (50 seconds) Edit Clip


God can indeed Take the evil things That men think Say or do And he can use it For good And it doesn't mean That he condones the evil Because that's a lie It just means that Evil cannot stop God Evil doesn't intimidate God Doesn't weaken God It doesn't diminish God God will work his plan And God will always Accomplish his purposes [00:58:36] (27 seconds) Edit Clip


But we're going to see That God has a purpose Through all of this God has a purpose Through all the pain The dreams are going to come true Joseph would indeed One day Come to a position of authority He would indeed One day rule But the path To his ruling Would not be one That's easy One that's simple And uncomplicated Rather it would be Years of suffering And betrayal And years of silence From heaven Obeying God Friends May make your life harder Not easier [01:32:01] (36 seconds) Edit Clip


And yet God is present He's weaving together The plan Far greater than anyone In this family Could ever imagine Ultimately resulting In their salvation So here's just a quick Point of application Before we move on Is that God may give us Glimpses of his purpose But the road To fulfillment Often runs through Hardship Rejection And refining Like Joseph We're going to We're going to find Ourselves misunderstood Mistreated And opposed Just part of it That's That's suffering And sovereignty But God's not absent He's shaping us And he's working His plan Through our struggles [01:33:00] (43 seconds) Edit Clip


Are we walking in faithfulness today are we seeking to be obedient even in the very small things even in things that may seem insignificant as in Joseph's case they may result in something being outright dangerous but we're still called to be faithful again faithful obedience is always the order of the day unless I just want us to see Christ in Joseph's story Jesus is the ultimate example of somebody who suffered unjustly and Jesus never sinned because of it he never stopped loving because of it he never walked in disobedience to God's plans and purposes because of what other people did to him he was sent by his father for our peace so that we could have peace with God and with one another and the scriptures present Jesus as the one who was without sin yet we saw him betrayed by a close friend Judas we saw him falsely accused by religious leaders rejected by his own people and sentenced to death by those he came to save he endured the cross and not because he deserved it but because we did and in his suffering on our behalf he bore the full weight of our sin the full weight of any injustice done to anybody or by anybody and he did it because he entrusted himself fully to the father [02:24:02] (88 seconds) Edit Clip


His pain wasn't pointless and his obedience wasn't meaningless it was the path to our redemption so see Jesus in the story of Joseph just like Joseph his imprisonment was the result of an accident or an unfortunate chain he's not liminy snicket in an unfortunate chain of events it was the sovereign plan of God your suffering is too it's the sovereign plan of God from before the foundation of the world to save you and to save me from mercy [02:27:25] (35 seconds) Edit Clip


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