In One's Behalf

Prologue

               And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,

               who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV

To be sure this is true for everyone. The story is the embodiment of God's selfless and everlasting love for the SAINTS.

God's Purpose is Being Worked out
In Good and Bad Circumstances
Of Joseph's Life

Genesis 45: 1-7 NIV

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Continue reading: verses 8-28

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