FREEDOM to honor GOD.

Genesis 37:35 & 36

"35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard."

This is a wild and beastly series of events in Genesis, chapter thirty-seven. It shows us just how wrong one family can go. They are doing what they want. Even when it's WRONG. They are exercising their freedom of speech and freedom to act, their inalienable rights. BUT, they are doing so with very SELFISH motives. Each of the people in this event thought what was happening was about THEM. When it was actually about their RELATIONSHIP to each other.

AND GOD took their horrible actions made them miraculous! Joseph went from slavery to jail. Spent years there seemingly forgotten. Until the Pharaoh of Egypt needed his dreams interpreted. Then Joseph is made the second in command of the Egyptian empire. He spends years preparing the empire for famine. When it comes his family, the Israelites, seek refuge in Egypt not knowing that it was the brother they sold into slavery who made the SAFE SPACE for them! It is an incredible series of events!

God made something good and beautiful out of the mess that these people made. We are all "Children of The Heavenly Father." We are not individuals, we are in RELATIONSHIPS. It is NOT all about ME. It is all about US. It is better to be smart than right. Use wisdom, always find the way to honor God. We might be FREE to do something… but we may not want to exercise our FREEDOM. We are also FREE to NOT cause more wounds. FREE to NOT hurt those around you. You might want to NOT use your freedoms.

Exercise greater thinking.

Christ went to the Cross for you.

FREEDOM to honor GOD.

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