February 14

Who doesn’t love the story of Joseph! God had His way and saved many people though His life was difficult. Does that sound like anyone else? Joseph left his home, his very brothers wanted to kill him, went through extraordinary things, but God had a plan! Jesus lived a life of difficulty and did die (at the hands of his brothers) to save mankind. Joseph was spared to save many people from death and then was reconciled with his brothers. Jesus death brought salvation to many (available to all) and reconciliation to his people who would reconcile. Beautiful picture isn’t it?

Genesis 45:24 (NIV)
24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”

That is an interesting thing to say isn’t it? Joseph was a wise man and he knew that the blame game would be played on the way home. That very blame game could stop the very thing that God had already brought – reconciliation! It does the same thing to us! Quarreling and fractioning with each other works AGAINST one of the goals of the blood of Jesus – our reconciliation! Stop quarreling and dividing! Remember, you have the choice to be on God’s construction crew or Satan’s destruction crew. What will you choose?