El fundamento de la sabiduría [Eclesiastés 7:15–18] Durante la reunión de oración de esta mañana, medité sobre los temas de una familia bendecida, una iglesia bendecida y una nación bendecida, centrándome en 2 Crónicas 9:7: «¡Bienaventurados tus hombres! ¡Bienaventurados estos siervos tuyos, que están continuamente delante de ti y oyen tu sabiduría!». Al reflexionar sobre este versículo, contemplé la tremenda bendición que supone encontrar a un líder sabio. Esto se debe a que la nación de Israel fue bendecida precisamente porque su rey, Salomón, era sabio. Al defender la justicia y la rectitud, el sabio rey Salomón fortaleció a la nación (versículo 8); así, tal como observó la reina de Sabá, el pueblo de Israel era, en efecto, un pueblo bendecido. Para que nuestras familias sean bendecidas, el cabeza de familia —el esposo o el padre— debe ser sabio. Para que nuestras empresas sean bendecidas, el presidente debe se...
God saves us in His own
perfect timing, through His amazing ways!
Having received hatred
and jealousy from his brothers (Genesis 37:4-5, 8, 11),
Joseph, who was sold
into Egypt by his brothers, said,
"God sent me ahead
of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth
and to save your lives
by a great deliverance" (45:4-5).
So, he attributed his
being sent to Egypt not to his brothers, but to God.
Reflecting on this:
(1)
Even though
his brothers hated and envied him,
(2)
Even though
they sold him to the Ishmaelite traders for money (37:28),
(3)
God sent
Joseph to Egypt ahead of them by about 22 years
[becoming prime minister of Egypt at 30 years old (41:46) + 7 years of
plenty (29)
+ 2 years of famine (45:6) = 39 years - 17 years (37:2) = 22 years],
(4)
God did so
to save them and their descendants, saying,
"to preserve a remnant for you and to save your lives" (45:5).
It's not only God's
amazing ways but also His timing that is intriguing.
Why did God prompt
Joseph to reveal himself to his brothers after about 22 years
and to explain the
purpose for which God had sent him ahead of them to Egypt?
Perhaps the reason was
not only because the famine in the land of Canaan
had become even more
severe, and their food supply from Egypt had run out (43:1-2),
so unless they went back
to Egypt to buy grain,
Jacob and his sons and
their descendants would all starve to death (v. 8; 45:11),
but also because there
were still five more years of severe famine remaining.
Somehow, at a dramatic
moment (timing),
I think God prompted
Joseph to save
his brothers, their
descendants, his father Jacob, and all his family.
Indeed, God saves us in
His own perfect time and in His astonishing way!
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