# God Has a Reason for Allowing That

January 26, 2026

Turn your Bibles, if you would, to Genesis chapter number 50. Genesis chapter number 50 in your Bibles. Get everything set, and let’s ask God to work in our hearts. Genesis chapter number, the last chapter of the book of Genesis. Once you find that, let me just get our hearts and our minds going.

Towards the context of this scripture. The last 13 chapters of Genesis are about this man named Joseph. Joseph, when he was young, he was what would be called in our day and time the golden child. He was the favorite. Remember he got that coat of many colors.

It’s kind of amazing to me that Dad would do that. It was so open in his favoritism, which, by the way, always causes problems. Of course, his brothers hated him. Favoritism always causes problems like that. Dad was unwise about that, and I think it affected Joseph a little bit, not in a positive way. Maybe he lacked a little wisdom because of that. Remember, he had those dreams. They were from God. They’re wonderful. But then he told his brothers—let me just think about it. I know this is not the typical thing people will say about this, but if your brothers already hate you because Dad favors you, and you’re going to tell these dreams where people are bowing down to worship—you kind of think about that. Of course, the brothers hated him more. I think he grew out of all that, but that’s just kind of the early days of Joseph’s life.

He was around 17. He was out looking for his brothers. Dad had sent him to check on them. They see him coming and they get this plot. Some of them wanted to do other things, but he ended up—they sold him into human trafficking. Sold him. What a sad thing. That still goes on in our day and time. I was talking with someone recently who was involved in it. They told me stories of how they were stabbed and whatnot during that. The same thing was going on then: human trafficking. Joseph was sold into that, and he eventually ended up down on a slave market in Egypt. A five-star general, Potiphar, a military man, a very high-ranking military man, bought him. Potiphar was often out on military affairs and whatnot. Joseph, God was with him. God blessed him, and he was prosperous. The Lord made him prosperous, the Bible says. He rose to really being the man who kept the affairs of Potiphar.

Imagine that! A five-star general, he has finances and business. I wonder how many business ventures he had. Joseph oversaw those, took care of his home and everything going on while he was out doing this, that, and the other. God blessed him. But then, you know the story, Potiphar’s wife was seeking to have an affair with Joseph. Praise the Lord, old Joseph was wise. He ran. He got out of there. He said, “I’m not hanging around.” By the way, the Bible says flee fornication. Joseph did that. He didn’t hang around. He said, “I’m getting out of here.” Of course, she lied. You know the story. Hang with me. We’re trying to get our hearts and minds going somewhere.

Potiphar comes home and his wife says, “Hey, this Hebrew slave tried to have an affair with me.” Boy, he got angry. I’m not sure how much he knew the truth of it all. I don’t know that he fully believed what she said, but he was angry no matter what. Joseph was put in a prison. Joseph was in this prison. Sometimes we think it was kind of a life of ease in that prison. Eventually, he did rise in the prison; the Lord was with him.

But Psalms 105, let me just read it for you. You’re in Genesis 50. Stay there. Let me just read a verse speaking of Joseph during this time in prison: Psalm 105:18, “Whose feet they hurt with fetters. He was laid in iron.”

Joseph was a good boy. What I said at the beginning about him being the golden child was true, but that wasn’t his fault. He walked with God. He was a good, godly young man. Imagine him in this prison. He hadn’t done one thing wrong. He was sold into human slave trafficking, and now he’s in prison. The Bible just said his feet were hurt with fetters. Maybe it left a scar. Maybe it bruised. Maybe he had a broken ankle out of it. I don’t know. Maybe for the rest of his life, you know your feet—it’s amazing how tough they are. They carried the weight of us around all day long. Maybe for the rest of his life he had pain in his feet. Imagine if you are there, you have not done one thing wrong, and you were sold into slavery, human trafficking, and then God blessed you, you rose to the top, but now you’re demoted again and you’re in prison. I’d be over in the corner, honestly. I’m sure I would be having a pity party, whining, you know. I’m just trying to make it real for us.

Eventually, we’re skipping a little bit, eventually Pharaoh, the king at the time, has those dreams. They realize there’s a Hebrew guy in prison that can interpret the dreams, and they go get Joseph. It’s interesting; the Bible says they shaved him. While he was in prison, he was unkept; he didn’t even shave. They don’t have razors and knives around when you’re in prison and sharp objects. I just say that to say it wasn’t like Joseph, sometimes we think he’s in this prison just doing good; he’s the prison warden, you know. No, he was unkept. They shaved him, cleaned him up. “Man, go take a bath, Joseph, you stink. We’re going to stand before Pharaoh.” Taking his shave and whatnot, they bring him in before Pharaoh. Here’s an impressive thing to me: the whole world, basically—Egypt is the world power—and they’re watching. Joseph never one time says anything about himself. By then, he had grown past that golden child for sure. They had nothing about him; it was all about the Lord. Pharaoh says, “I hear that you can interpret dreams.” Joseph says, “Oh, no, no, no, not me. God does that. God can do it for Pharaoh.”

You know the story. Joseph said both dreams mean one thing: there’s going to be seven good years, plentiful. The economy is going to boom; it’s going to be the golden age. Seven good years, and then seven bad years. The bad years are going to be so bad they’re going to eat up the good—it’s going to be famine. Talk about an adjustment; it’s going to be the Great Depression. He said what they need to do: for seven years, store up 20% of everything, put it away, and that will carry them through the lean seven years. Pharaoh agrees, and Joseph says, “Find somebody to head it up, let me appoint the guy over it.” Pharaoh says, “You’re the guy.” It’s amazing; Joseph is 30 years old, and just like that, he goes from bottom to the top. It’s amazing that Pharaoh said this: “Nobody’s going to be greater than you, Joseph, besides me,” Pharaoh talking. It’s interesting; when I’m on the throne, it almost seems like Joseph is greater than Pharaoh unless Pharaoh is on his throne. Wow.

He just rose, and Pharaoh gives him his ring, and boom, he’s the prime minister of the land. He’s running the place. God had prepared him for that at 30 years old. Then Pharaoh says, “I’m going to give you this; it’s a political marriage. I’m going to give you the priest’s daughter in marriage, Asenath, and I want you to marry her.” It’s political, but Joseph agrees. They get married and eventually have two sons.

We’re going to fast forward. The seven plentiful years are done, two years into the bad years. Joseph is now 39 years old. His brothers come from Canaan, and he tests them. Eventually, he reveals himself to them. He says, “There are five more bad years. Go home, get the family, get Dad, and bring him back. I want to take care of you. God has me here. He’s been doing something for a long time, and now I can see it. God has to be here so I can take care of you.” They go get the family, and they come. They live in Egypt, and Joseph takes care of them during those five years.

Years later, Dad, Jacob (Israel), has just died. That’s where we pick it up, Genesis 50. Dad just died in Genesis chapter 50. Are you with me? That’s where we’re at. I want you to start in verse number 15, if you would please. Genesis 50, verse number 15. Read it with me. Here we go, Genesis 50, verse number 15: “And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us.”

Can I just stop for a second? What a sad thing. They’ve been with Joseph now for years. Joseph has taken care of them. He’s given them the best of the land of Egypt, Goshen. He’s nourished them. Every time they got guilty, Joseph said, “No, no, God had a reason for it.” After all that, they still didn’t know the heart of Joseph. They weren’t very close to Joseph. Joseph was good to them, but they still thought, “Now that Dad is dead, Joseph is going to hate us.” What a sad thing. Joseph, in some ways, as far as his brothers, was still lonely. They didn’t read him right; they didn’t know his heart. What a sad thing.

Let’s keep reading verse number 15: “And they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.” They sent a messenger unto Joseph, notice a messenger unto Joseph. They weren’t super close. Saying, “My father did command before he died, saying, ‘So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive…’” I say this: Joseph had forgiven them a long time ago. Can you imagine how much more hurt was in Joseph’s heart? I forgave. If I didn’t forgive you, you wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t have taken care of you all this time. They still didn’t get him. “‘So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: And now we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.’” And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

Friend, two things about it: Joseph had forgiven them years before, and number two, they were lying. They were still saying, “My dad never said all that.” Joseph said, “Look, Dad could have said all that a long time ago.” Joseph still did right, but the brothers didn’t know Joseph’s heart, and they were telling this lie: “Dad said all that stuff.” Dad didn’t say that. Joseph just wept. He weeps.

Let’s keep going here. Verse number 18: “And his brethren also went and fell down before his face. And they said, Behold, we be thy servants.” And it’s amazing, Joseph said to them, “Fear not.” This is so important—these next few words: “Fear not: for am I in the place of God?” If you’ve been hurt and people still hurt you, they don’t understand you; they still read you so wrong and come at you and hurt you. Here’s the wonderful part: He said, “Don’t fear. I’m not in control; God’s the one. I’m not going to try to take the place of God.”

That kind of reminds you of Romans 12: “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord; I will repay.” Can I say something? Be careful getting on the throne, judging everybody, pointing your finger at everybody. Joseph said, “I’m not in a place of God. That’s God’s business to take care of all that stuff.” What a wise, wise thing. I love it.

Now verse number 20 is an awesome, awesome verse, very often repeated. It’s a great, great thing. Notice what he says. He said, “I am not in the place of God.” Verse number 20: “But as for you, you thought evil against me.” Joseph said, “I’m not going to live in denial. I know the truth. I know what you were trying to do. I know very well. I’ve forgiven you; I’m not mad at you, but I know the truth.” “But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass as it is this day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly unto them. I love it. I love it.

Just for a bit, I want to focus on this: God has a reason for allowing that hurt in your life. Joseph said, “I’ve lived long enough now. I see the hand of God. I see what he was doing. Yes, you meant evil, but God had a bigger plan, and he allowed all this in my life to bring me here where I can take care of you.” By the way, do you realize that Jacob (Israel) and his boys went into Egypt—about 70 people as a family, a large family? But during that time, they grew to be a nation. It was during that time it was fulfilled; it became a nation. They came out 430 years later with thousands upon thousands. Joseph says, “Hey friend, God had a plan in this thing.” The quicker you and I realize God has a plan, all those hurts and pains and scars and tears—hang on, friend. I know they meant it for evil, whoever it was, but God had a plan. God has a reason for allowing all those hurts and pains in your life. Those nights you go to sleep and you just cry yourself to sleep, God has a reason for that. He’s doing something.

Now let me say a couple of things here. Just think about this truth: God does not do the hurt; it was his brothers. This is well illustrated in Job’s life. Look over in Job chapter number one. Keep your finger in Genesis; we’ll be back there. Job chapter number one. God was bragging on Job to the devil and said, “That’s a godly man down there.” The old devil said, “Yeah, that’s because you’ve got a hedge around him.” Let’s just read the details here. Job chapter one, look in verse number nine: “Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.” Notice how Satan is tempting God, asking Him to do something to Job. God said, “I don’t do that.” Notice what He said in verse number 11: “Put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.” And the Lord said unto Satan, “Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.” So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

All these things that happened to Job—the death of his children, the death of his sheep and his cattle and his servants, and his health eventually—God didn’t do those things. Satan did those things. Friend, don’t get so bitter that you think God does the hurting. No, no. God didn’t want those brothers to hate Joseph. Those are the ones that hated and made the decision to sell him. God doesn’t do that.

Here’s the amazing thing: Satan is having his way with Job, doing what he wants to do. God had a reason for it. But it’s amazing who gets blamed for it when Satan doesn’t get his way. That’s what happens just about all the time. Look at verse number 16, Job 1, verse number 16. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.” This is what happens. God says, “All right, I’m going to let Satan have his way in there a little bit.” Satan wreaks havoc; he’s there to steal, kill, and destroy. Then Satan turns around and blames God for it, and often we succumb to the deceiving: “But God did that.” No, God didn’t do that. Satan does that. Satan uses people in all that.

But God allowed it. God doesn’t do the dirty work. He didn’t do all that stuff. But God is so wise; He uses the devil as His pawn. He knows the devil wants to steal, kill, and destroy. God sometimes lets him have his way a little bit, but God has a plan. Of course, God allowed it in Job’s life to purge him from some of that self-righteousness that Brother Marl was talking about. God is trying to get all that self-righteousness out of Job so God can end up blessing him twice as much. I’m saying God doesn’t do all that; Satan does that, and God gets blamed for it, but God does allow it. He allowed all those things in Joseph’s life. “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” He has a reason for allowing it.

So why was I born like this? I’m a little different. Maybe I have a learning handicap, or maybe I’m on the spectrum. Why do these things happen? I don’t understand it all, but I promise you this: God has a reason for allowing it. He’s got a reason for it.

I think of a story I read about a lady who lost her child at birth back in the day. All the pain—I’ve never lost a child, but I’ve been with people that have. They say this hurts so bad, hurts worse than anything. You never dream of burying your children. Yet for years and years after that, folks in that area going through a tough time would go visit that lady because she had been hurt so deeply she had a way of helping people who were hurting. God allowed it for a reason.

I was thinking about Brother Bobby Roberts. He’s in heaven now, a great, great preacher in North Carolina, a humble man. Brother Bobby, when he was young—I want to say 29—had a heart attack. He got help enough to get back into church and back to the pulpit. There had been some strife, and the church split. Then a nervous breakdown, young man. I heard him on a CD a week ago. He said, “You know, I’ve had so many people over the years coming to me with nervous problems.” He could relate to them. They say, “Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m feeling.” He says, “I don’t like what I went through, but God knew.” God has a reason for allowing it.

Now, here’s the thing. We look at Joseph in chapter 50, that wonderful classic verse, verse number 20: “You meant it for evil… but God meant it for good.” I love it. But can I say this honestly? Joseph wasn’t always like that. He struggled. He struggled with it. Go back over to chapter number 41. This is during those seven good years. I don’t know how long into it—there’s a space of time, of course, two different sons we’re going to talk about—but he didn’t understand it all quite yet. His family hasn’t come from Canaan, and he realizes, “Oh, I’m here to feed them.” He doesn’t understand all that yet. He’s been sold, been in prison, and now he’s a prime minister, married to this lady. I wonder how many years Joseph had to go through conflict, perhaps raising his boys between her father being a priest and trying to pull the boys that way, and Joseph trying to pull them his way. When kids get involved, it gets complicated. Joseph doesn’t understand the end quite yet.

We’re in the seven good years. Look here, Genesis 41, verse number 51. He’s having boys now. Verse number 51: “And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil.” Here’s what I’m saying: When his firstborn son was born, his mind was still going back to all the problems. He was trying to forget it. He said, “God said He hath made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” That’s just saying, “I’m trying to put it all behind.” Wow.

He’s got another son coming. Look in verse number 52. Verse number 52: “And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God have caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.” It’s still on his mind. It’s still in his heart. He’s not doing anything sinful, but he’s still struggling: Why have all these things happened to me? Why am I the one hated by my brothers? Why am I the one in prison? I didn’t even ask to be prime minister. He’s still battling it.

“God said He has made me forget all my toil.” It’s still on his mind. That’s his first boy, and his second boy is born. That’s a time of congratulations, but he says, “God has made me fruitful in my affliction.” I’m just saying he’s still struggling. It is not a sin to struggle when you are asking God, “Why, Lord? Why cancer? I was trying to hold that marriage together. Why did it end in divorce? Why the death of someone I loved so much? Why this wayward child?” It’s all right. You’re going to struggle there. We look at the end of Joseph’s life, and at that point, he understood it all: “You thought evil against me, but God meant it for good.” But in the middle of it all, he’s struggling, just like you and I would struggle. I promise you, I struggle. You can struggle with it. It’s all right.

Here’s a good thing about it: though he was struggling, even when his boys were born, he kept walking with God. Look over in chapter 39. Look at this little phrase; you’ll see it a couple times here. Genesis 39. He struggled like anyone would struggle with it all, but look what the Bible says in Genesis 39, verse number two: “And the Lord was with Joseph.” Joseph was still walking with God. He struggled with it all, but he was still walking with God. He was a prosperous man, and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. His master saw that the Lord was with him. He struggled, but he was still walking with God. He wasn’t perfect, but he was still having his prayer time, still trusting in the promises of God, still trying. He struggled with all the hurting and tears, yes, I promise you, yes, but he was still living for the Lord. The Lord was with him.

Over in prison, look in chapter 39, verse number 21: “But the Lord was with Joseph.” He got demoted again because of a lie—someone said he tried to have an affair with me, and he’s in prison because of that. But he was still walking. He was struggling. His feet were hurt with fetters and iron. He was trying to get up and read. He was fighting it. Maybe he was depressed, who knows? But he was still walking with God, trying to get up, trying to pray, trying to read his Bible. Look in verse number 23: “And the keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him.” Four times, that little phrase: “Whatsoever he did, the Lord made it to prosper.” I’m saying Joseph struggled, I promise you he struggled, but he stayed in there. He didn’t walk away from the Lord, Jehovah, God of his fathers. He stayed in there. He struggled.

He kept walking for years—about 22 years total from being sold until he saw the plan at age 39. He didn’t understand it all. He struggled with it all. He battled it: “Why, Lord?” But now he can see it. You are not always going to see it. It might not be until you get to heaven until you see it. Joseph didn’t see it, and he struggled during those years. We see Genesis 50:20 is wonderful, but he could see it all at that point. Those years were just walking by faith, struggling. That’s the big deal right there; that’s what it’s all about.

The greats of the Bible went through those years. Look, if you will, over in Psalm 27. This is speaking of David. We’re not sure exactly what the circumstances were when God used him to pen Psalm 27. Maybe it was when he was a boy and his dad forgot about him, and Samuel finally had to say, “Hey, we’re not going to eat.” Maybe it was when his older brother Eliab said, “Hey, you little brat. I know the naughtiness of your heart.” Maybe it was later on after Saul got jealous, and he’s running from Saul like a fugitive, hiding in caves. People debate about when he penned it. Maybe it was when his general Joab murdered a man under David, and David was hurt. We don’t know exactly when, but David went through so many trials, so many burdens—his own son tried to kill him and take his throne.

But in the mention of one of those trials, David penned Psalm 27. Look at verse number 13: “I had fainted.” In other words, I’d quit. I’d have washed up, dried up, blown away. “Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” He couldn’t see it, but he said, “I believe to see it.” I can’t figure it all out; I don’t know the reason why, but I believe God has a reason for it all. “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.” Friend, you can’t have a great victory without a great struggle. You’re going to struggle, asking God, “Why, why, why?” I promise that God has a reason for it. He didn’t do it, but He allowed it. He has a reason for it.

Hang on. We’re going to be done quickly. All those years, from the time he was 17 until he was 39, he didn’t understand it, and he struggled with it. He did right, but those were the faith years. The Bible says four times that “the just shall live by faith.” Without this element, it’s impossible to please God. What’s the element? Faith.

Those 22 years—I think God was very pleased with Genesis 50:20, which is through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but I think He was much more pleased with those 22 years when he just walked by faith and felt like he was walking through mud, slow and trudgery, but he kept going by faith. That’s when God is the most pleased. We get Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for the good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.” You say, “I’m going to claim that.” You can’t see it all; struggle with it. I’m going to do my best to hang on to that. God is pleased with that. That’s when God is the most pleased. I think He is pleased with Genesis 50:20, no doubt about it, but I think much, much more so with those 22 years when he hadn’t seen it all yet. Morning after morning: “Lord, why all this? I gave up my prime minister job. I just want to go home and have a regular family.” Twenty-two years of waking up and saying, “Lord, why?” Trusting God, believing God, struggling—oh yeah—but just claiming the promises of God. Faith.

Faith is much, much better than bitterness—being mad at everybody, anything. I think of a good person raised in a Christian home, but a messed-up Christian home. A quote-unquote preacher did a very sinful, wicked thing to this person. That person got bitter for a while, so bitter they ran from anything that resembled God or church or Christianity and sank very low just because of bitterness. God didn’t do those wicked things, but God allowed it for a reason.

It is better to take the path of faith than bitterness. The path of faith is much, much better than the victim mentality—where nobody knows how bad I had it, and for the rest of my life, I had it the worst of the worst. No, don’t get stuck in that. Focus on: God has a reason; God allowed it because He is doing something. The path of faith is better than bitterness; it’s better than the “poor old me” mentality. It’s better than blaming everyone else for the rest of your life. Somewhere along the line, you have to say, “God allowed it for a reason. I want to grow and get better and have God use it to help somebody’s life.”

Twenty-two years of walking by faith—oh, how pleasing that was to God! Friend, you don’t get to the end product of Genesis 50:20, talking to his brothers after his dad just died, saying, “I know you meant it for evil… but God meant it for good,” by walking the path of bitterness or victim mentality or blaming. You get there by the pathway of faith. God had a reason. God had a reason. God had a reason.

You’re not going to understand it all. Joseph didn’t for years and years. We might not understand it all until we get to heaven. My old preacher used to tell this story. His dad was an alcoholic, left his mom, him, and his sister, and they were very poor back in the day. He said his mom’s old clothes had too many holes in the patch. She’d put them away in a rag drawer. Every once in a while, she’d get all the rags out and start sewing them together, making an old blanket or a quilt. He said he’d be sitting down on the bottom, looking up, and it just looked like a tangled mess. His mom would say, “Hey, Mom, that looks like a mess.” She’d get him and let him settle on her lap, and he looked at that from the top looking down. He said, “Boy, that’s going to be a good blanket.” One day, God’s going to let us go home, sit in His lap, if you will. And we’ll sit from the top looking down. “All right, God, You had a reason for allowing this.”

I’m almost done. A couple more illustrations, and we’ll be done here this morning. Grace Sachs, a single lady years and years ago, was going to go to the mission field. She prayed and felt very confident. She talked with her dad, who was a little reluctant, but her dad agreed: “All right, God’s will.” Back in the day, sailing on ships took a long time to get where they were going. She had a ticket bought and everything. The evening before she was to take off, her dad got very, very ill—deathly ill. The next morning it looked like her dad was going to pass. She said, “I know I kept on that ship.” So she said, “No, y’all go on.” The ship sailed, and she missed it. She even got depressed, I don’t know what you might call it, but she just stayed depressed. She met with the pastor; they prayed about this. She thought it was God’s will. Why this? A day or two after the ship sailed, her dad got well. She couldn’t figure it out; it just bothered her. News didn’t travel as quick then. Days later, they found out that ship had sunk. Every person on board had passed. I don’t understand it at all, but friend, He’s got a reason for allowing you. He’s got a reason for allowing you.

A similar story: A young man was going to Africa to be a missionary—surrendered, excited, prayed, and ready to go. Coming up to the time he and his wife were going to Africa, his wife became very ill. They found out her health was not good, and she would never be able to stand the climate in Africa. He was brokenhearted. He prayed, prepared, planned, and saved to be on the mission field, but his wife couldn’t handle it. He said, “I can’t go.” His dad was a dentist. The dad said, “Well, you can take my little side business, a grape juice business, if you go.” That son took that grape juice business, and God blessed it. It grew, and they raised thousands, millions of dollars sent to missionaries. By the way, the family’s name was the Welch family. We even see Welch’s grape juice. That’s where it came from. God used that man to fund missions all around the world. My friend, I don’t understand it all, but I promise you this: God has a reason for all of it.

If you are not a born-again Christian, you’ve never put all your faith in Jesus alone to pay for your sins and give you a home in heaven, the reason why God’s doing it is He’s trying to orchestrate all these things; He’s trying to draw you to Him. His number one desire for you is to get saved—to trust in Jesus alone. Brother Marlin did a great job in Sunday school. So many times we’re believing in ourselves, we’re doing all these good things. No, no. I’ll never be good enough. I give up on all that. Jesus, I want to trust in You. He’s allowing every one of these things in your life because He wants you to get saved. If anywhere you may be, you’ve never trusted in Jesus to be your Savior, would you do that right now? Right there where you are, wherever you may be, bow your head and your heart. Just say something along this line: “Lord, I know I’m a sinner. I understand there’s a penalty on my sin, death held me. Jesus, I believe You had died on the cross for me. Right now, I want to look to You, Jesus. If there’s maybe bitterness or anything that’s been holding me back, I want to let go of all that, and I want to look to You. Would You save me, Jesus? Thank You for being my Savior. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”

If you just asked Jesus Christ to be your Savior, I believe right below there you can click on that, and we’ll send you a Bible. We would rejoice with you. We’ll send you some literature, a Bible. We’re thrilled for you; the greatest thing God’s allowed all these things in your life is number one: He wants you to get saved. And then beyond salvation, He’s allowing these things in your life to bring good—for somebody like those brothers and their family to get fed during the famine. He wants to bring good out of it. God always, always—He doesn’t do the evil—but He always allows it for a reason in your life.

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