Broken Yet Restored
BROKEN YET…RESTORED
Genesis 50:20 (NLT) You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
There’s always a process to the palace!
I. There’s pain in the process…
Proverbs 26:27 (NKJV) “Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.”
Pain of the pit (The pit represents pain of the past)
Pain of Potiphar’s house.
Pain of the prison.
II Corinthians 4:7-9NKJV “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed…”
God is more concerned about doing something in us than He is about doing something for you.
Romans 8:37 (NKJV) “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
II. There’s purpose in the process…
Psalm 119:68(NKJV) “You are good and you do good; teach me your statutes.”
Genesis 50:20 (NLT) You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
III. His presence is in the process…
Genesis 39:2-3 (NLT) The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did.
Genesis 39:20-23 (NLT) So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained. But the Lord was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
Psalm 139:7-12(NKJV) Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in [a]hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness [c]shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You
