# 341 Trust, Wait, and Obey

The Book of Genesis

Day 341

Ge 37:16 So he said, "I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks."  17 And the man said, "They have departed from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

In the middle of nowhere, a man comes up to Joseph, and says he just happened to overhear his brothers say they were going to Dothan. How interesting! If they stay in Shechem, look what happens. They miss the Midianite traders that come by on the trade route to Egypt! What a twist of history that would’ve been. . The point is, God is in control! None of this business is coincidence! God causes the brothers to move to Dothan so His plan can unfold.

Not only that, but he brings the Midianites into the picture at the last minute, but at just the right time to save Joseph’s life! That’s the way it is with our Sovereign God! There is no need for us to manipulate or try to control everything, God is way ahead of us! There is only need for us to trust and obey. Trust those circumstances that God brings into your life will indeed, in the long run, work out for good! He will see to it! For our part, we are to be like Joseph. Remain faithful in our obedience. Joseph was never more concerned about his circumstances as he was concerned about maintaining obedience to God in those circumstances.

Joseph was wearing the WWJD bracelet on his heart long before it became a fad in Christian bookstores!

WWJD to Joseph’s brothers for their thoughts of killing him and ultimately selling him into slavery? He would forgive them, and that’s what Joseph did.

WWJD when Potiphar’s wife would try to seduce him into committing adultery? He would refuse and say, “How can I commit such a great wickedness and sin against God?”

WWJD if he was unjustly charged and sent to prison. He would wait for his Father God to justify him and in the meantime he would minister to others in the situation that God had placed him.

Jesus too, was unjustly charged and sentenced to a cruel death on the cross, yet He did not complain. He waited for His Father to justify Him, and even in that waiting for the third day resurrection, He descended into hell and preached to the spirits in prison! (1 Pet 3:19) Then on the third day, God justified Him by raising Him from the dead! 

This is the life of grace! Trust, wait, and obey. God is working in your situation to bring about ultimate good!

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