Hey everyone, thanks for joining us for your daily prayer podcast. We hope these few moments of

prayer and reflection are encouraging to you as you go about your day. To get all of our episodes

straight to your phone during the week, just subscribe to this podcast and iTunes or wherever

you listen to your podcast. To find more prayers, devotional content, and blog post, we would love

for you to join us at iBelieve.com.

A prayer to understand God's plan for your suffering, written by Johnny Erick Centata,

read by Leah Martin. You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.

He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people, Genesis 50-20.

You may not be a quadriplegic like I am, but I bet you resonate with the word helpless.

When suffering hits you or your family broadside, we can quickly ask,

where is God? Why is he letting this happen? It's why I draw inspiration from the biblical story

of Joseph. Although he was never paralyzed, several things happened to him that could be

construed as accidents. He was tossed into a pit by his envious brothers and almost left to die,

and eventually he was wrongly put in prison in a foreign land. Joseph could have become bitter,

but many years later he told his brothers. You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.

He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people, Genesis 50-20.

I like that word intended. God is full of intention. He has a purpose, a target,

a goal and a plan. God was a giant step ahead of Joseph's brothers,

aborting their evil intentions to suit his own purposes.

Joseph's problems didn't catch God off guard. From the beginning, God planned for Joseph to

experience those things. Why? Not only for his own growth in Godly character, but for saving

others' lives. Be comforted by this. God did not take his hands off the wheel of your life for a

...