Bible Text: Acts 1:14-26 | Pastor: Pastor Jim Wood | Series: SAS Chapel: Acts
It took two years before Joseph was out of the prison that he wanted to be free from. Most of the time people do not think of the things of the world in light of scripture. Everyone knows that we have done wrong. If we know and love God, we know that when difficulty comes, we can trust that He has a plan and He is in control. Joseph made it very clear that what he knew was not from him. Sometimes God speaks to us and we just do not get it. Joseph's 20% tax would end up putting the Israelites. There will always be "A Pharoh that will not remember Joseph." God may not give us what we want, be He will always give us what we need.
In the midst of our lives, we may be tempted to think that this is all there is. However, we will all live somewhere forever. All the things we read about in the lives of the people in the passage are in the past and everything we do here will be in the past as well one day. Everything in scripture points out that Jesus is the promised One whom God chose to save us from our sins. There is no substitute for the blessings of God. We need to seek the Lord to do His will instead of doing our will and asking God to bless it. God declares what will be as if it already is. God chooses people not based on ability but based on His sovereign grace. God deliberately chooses who we would not so that His grace shines forth. We should not be like Esau and give up our birth rights for pleasures of the moment. God saves sinners.
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