2020 Daily Devotion - Day 219
"Going once, going twice, sold for $7,000.00!", the auctioneer said right before his gavel hit the table. Rita Coors was elated. She'd just purchased a porcelain mask, hand painted by John Denver.
She couldn't wait to hold it in her hands. As the auctioneer at the 1997 Charity Celebrity Ball for Hospice of Metropolitan Denver handed her the mask, it slipped through her fingers and shattered into a million pieces on the floor.
She didn't demand her money back or abandon the broken piece of art. Instead, Mrs. Coors picked up the pieces and took them home with her. Later, she decided to place the broken pieces around a collection of John Denver photographs. She made something beautiful out of the accident. Now, she not only had a souvenir from a celebrity, but a story to tell as well.
This is what God does with people all the time. He can take bad situations and turn them into something good. We need to look at life from this perspective as well.
This is what Joseph did in the Old Testament. His brothers sold him into slavery. Yet, He ended up as the Agriculture Minister of Egypt and was used by God to prepare them for a famine. When Joseph’s brothers finally saw him again, his brothers thought he would have retribution upon them, but he didn’t. Instead, look at what he said to them:
Genesis 50:19-20 (The Message Bible)
Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid. Do I act for God? Don’t you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people.”
Pray with me:
Heavenly Father, too often, we think there is little hope when things have failed or are broken. However, You are amazing in Your ability to heal and restore what we think is hopeless. Do a new work in us. Give us a new vision and outlook to trust You to be able to work things out for our good. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Yours because of Him,
Pastor John R. Steward
Senior Pastor
Mount of Olives Church
She couldn't wait to hold it in her hands. As the auctioneer at the 1997 Charity Celebrity Ball for Hospice of Metropolitan Denver handed her the mask, it slipped through her fingers and shattered into a million pieces on the floor.
She didn't demand her money back or abandon the broken piece of art. Instead, Mrs. Coors picked up the pieces and took them home with her. Later, she decided to place the broken pieces around a collection of John Denver photographs. She made something beautiful out of the accident. Now, she not only had a souvenir from a celebrity, but a story to tell as well.
This is what God does with people all the time. He can take bad situations and turn them into something good. We need to look at life from this perspective as well.
This is what Joseph did in the Old Testament. His brothers sold him into slavery. Yet, He ended up as the Agriculture Minister of Egypt and was used by God to prepare them for a famine. When Joseph’s brothers finally saw him again, his brothers thought he would have retribution upon them, but he didn’t. Instead, look at what he said to them:
Genesis 50:19-20 (The Message Bible)
Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid. Do I act for God? Don’t you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people.”
Pray with me:
Heavenly Father, too often, we think there is little hope when things have failed or are broken. However, You are amazing in Your ability to heal and restore what we think is hopeless. Do a new work in us. Give us a new vision and outlook to trust You to be able to work things out for our good. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Yours because of Him,
Pastor John R. Steward
Senior Pastor
Mount of Olives Church
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