The Purpose

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (Genesis 39:21)

The story of Joseph is a great example of the intentionality God has with each of His children. God doesn’t play games with your life. God has a purpose for your life. He has a purpose for every life. He has a purpose for everything.

Joseph didn’t know it, but the purpose of everything that happened to Joseph was so that he could place Joseph in a place to be a savior for his people. He was not just to be a savior for his people, but so that his people could bring a savior into the world.

Behind every plan there is a purpose. You need to understand something about God’s plan for your life. It wasn’t drawn up last night. He doesn’t make it up on the fly. He doesn’t have to improvise or adjust. God’s plan for you and me are wrapped around the purpose He has, not just for you and me, but for the entire world. God’s plan is in accordance with God’s purpose. There is a method to God’s madness. God has a purpose in everything that He does, and He not only has a plan He wants to achieve, He has a purpose He wants to accomplish.

The God in you is bigger than the evil that others do to you. Our job is to forgive what others do to us. God’s job is to providentially fit what others do to us into His plan and purpose for our good and His glory. And by the way, He has a one-hundred percent success rate.

Dear Lord, thank you that your plan has been set in stone since before I was even born. Help me to trust every aspect of your plan that I might fulfill the purpose you have for my life. In Jesus’ name, amen.