1/17/08 - Life Journal - His Plan Plows Forward

"I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."
Genesis 42:2

God's plan is starting to come clear! All of Joseph's trials and successes led up to this point. God planned the 7 years of excess, 7 years of famine, planted it in Pharaoh's head in the form of a dream and had Joseph right where he wanted him to take advantage of this situation. Now, the famine has spread throughout Canaan which leads Jacob to send his sons to the Governor of the land of Egypt, who just so happens to be Joseph, to buy some grain! Brilliant! One more step on the people of Israel's journey to the promised land.

God's timing, God's timing, God's timing..........I gotta get a grip on this subject. His plan will come through when He has set it come about and nothing we do will stop it or even slow it down for a second. Joseph's brothers did all they could! Even if they had managed to kill him we'd just be reading a different historical account of how the Jews made it into Egypt or maybe they would have bypassed it completely, who knows? But it all would have worked out exactly the same. Moses would still have ended up on Mount Sinai, the people still would have made it to the Holy Land, etc, etc, etc. He's pretty awesome, huh?

I'm here to be used Father God, it may seem like I'm on a circuitous route, but I must know that it all fits perfectly.