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...
The Lord turns our
sorrow into joy!
Because Joseph spoke to
his brothers through an interpreter
when he was the prime
minister of Egypt,
his brothers didn't
realize that Joseph could understand
what they were saying to
each other.
They said to one
another, “We are being punished for what we did to our brother.
We saw his deep distress
when he pleaded with us for his life, but we wouldn't listen.
That's why we're in this
trouble now.”
Reuben, the oldest
brother, said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to harm the boy?
But you wouldn't listen.
Now we must pay the price for his
murder."
Joseph, after hearing
these words, left them for a while and wept.
Then he came back to
them.
Later, when they
returned to Egypt with their youngest brother Benjamin,
Joseph saw him and was
deeply moved.
He hurried out and
looked for a place to weep.
He went into his private
room and wept there.
Later, when Joseph heard
his brother Judah's words,
he could no longer
control his emotions in front of his attendants.
He cried out, "Have
everyone leave my presence!"
So there was no one with
Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
And he wept so loudly
that the Egyptians heard him,
and word of it quickly
carried to Pharaoh's palace. It's a world filled with sorrow.
However, we look to
Jesus in faith, who bore our sorrows for us
(Isaiah 53:4).
When we do, the Lord
will turn our sorrow into joy,
remove our garments of sorrow,
and clothe us with
garments of joy
(Psalms 30:11).
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