Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

Scripture presents God as in control of everything, the wind, the rain, lightning, earthquakes,

the placement of every one of the billions and billions and billions of stars, angels,

demons, even Satan himself, all of it is under the providence of God.

That doesn't mean that God is the one acting in those things or that he is behind the evil,

just that he is orchestrating all of those things for the accomplishment of his purposes.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and theologian JD Greer.

As always, I'm your host Molly Bitovich and we're so glad that you're joining us today.

As we continue our teaching series through Psalm 23, we're finishing up a look

into the life of Joseph. You see, Joseph's life was characterized by betrayal and justice,

confusion, and above all, years and years of waiting.

But in the middle of this waiting, Joseph trusted that God was in control.

And Pastor JD shows us that God is always good, even when the arc of God's goodness

is much longer than we typically think. His goodness and mercy will follow us.

So let's open up to Psalm 23 and return to our teaching. Here's Pastor JD.

Yo, I want to be clear. Hear me, please, okay? Dial in. They lean in. I want to be clear.

The point of Joseph's life is not, hang on. No matter how bad today is,

one day you're going to get promoted to be the Prime Minister of Egypt. That is not the point.

Joseph's story is first and foremost given to us, like just about every story in the Old Testament,

as a foreshadowing of Jesus. Jesus said the entire Old Testament was given to paint for us the

patterns of the Messiah to show us. Luke 24, Jesus said, to show us that the Christ the Messiah should

suffer and rise from the dead. And that repentance and forgiveness of sin should be proclaimed

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