Will You?

Genesis 35:5 As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

Do not forget that I am God over all – not just those who believe in and follow me. I have created all and I control all. Just as I protected Jacob and his family, so I will protect you. Just as I controlled their enemies, so I control yours. Walk bravely. Remember it is I who is by your side, who is for you. 

Genesis 37:21 But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph’s rescue. “Let’s not kill him,” he said. “Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.

Yes, this is the same Reuben that slept with his father’s concubine. So, he blatantly sins against his father by having sex with Bilhah. Then, he conspires to protect Joseph, his father’s favorite child, and spare his father that loss. This was to spare Joseph’s life, and to arrange the circumstances that would follow. A chain of events that would, eventually, save all of their lives. A chain of events meant to place Joseph in a position of power, from which he would save his family from starvation. A chain of events that I arranged and I orchestrated. Reuben was just as irritated by Joseph and his status as favorite child as the rest of his brothers. He was not a perfect son, he had sinned sexually against his father. Yet, I used him to protect Joseph. Do you see? If I have a plan, it will come to fruition. You do not know what I have planned for you, for your family, for your Nation, for your world. But you have a role in it all. Follow me. Pay attention to me. Trust me. Listen to me. Follow my directions, do what I ask. And believe. Believe that I have just as detailed and flawless a plan as I did then. But do not fret that you don’t see or understand that plan. You do not and you will not, not until it has been revealed.  Will you trust? Will you walk in faith? Will you believe that I am who I have already proven I am in my Word, in history, in your life? Will you trust that I have a role for you in all of this? Will you draw close as I reveal what I have planned for you in all of this? If not you, it will be someone else. Why not you? You were chosen. By me. For such a time as this. For such a moment in history as this.