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Genesis chapter 45, verses 4 and 5.

So Joseph said to his brothers, come near to me, please, and they came near.

And he said, I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here.

For God sent me before you to preserve life.

I specifically remember a day years ago when I read these two verses in my time with the Lord,

and it immediately brought me to my knees in tears in worship.

At that moment, and I'll speak really generally here, but I was in a situation

where I felt that I had been wronged, and I was having to make a decision and walk through

circumstances in a way that I would not have planned and in a way that would

lead to criticism and I wouldn't be able to fully explain myself. So the circumstances are not

what's most important. I just remember wrestling with God, why? Why did this happen and this happen and this happen? And as I read

Genesis 45 versus 4 and 5, my aim was to read through the whole chapter that day in my time

with the Lord. I didn't make it past verse 5 because in these verses I was reminded, yes, there are things that happen in this world.

There are things that people may do to us that are not right, that are unjust.

This is exactly what happened to Joseph very clearly in a way that's even far more clear than what I was

walking through. He was sold by his brothers into Egypt. And he says that here, I am your brother

Joseph whom you sold into Egypt. And yet what he does is he looks them in the eye and he says,

do not be distressed or angry with yourselves

because of what you did, which was obviously wrong, sinful.

He says, for you sold me here, but God sent me here.

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