What would you do if you were absolutely confident that God is with you?

On Sunday morning at Knox, Midland, I want to introduce you to another guy out of the Old Testament. Right now I’m studying all about Joseph’s life.   From him we learn another incredible lesson about how to deal with the ups and down’s of life.

Joseph knows all about plan B’s. His life was a series of plan B’s. It almost seems unbelievable, but then again you’ve probably been there. Maybe not quite so many times as Joseph, but you recognize that whiplash feeling. You’ve been in the good-news season of life where you feel things couldn’t get much better, only to transition into a crushing bad-news period.

-Maybe you prayed for a particular job and were thrilled when you finally got it . . . only to find out your boss was a total jerk that made your life miserable.

-Maybe you remember celebrating the fact that you finally got pregnant after years of trying and praying . . . only to miscarry a few weeks later.

         

-Maybe you stood there at the altar gazing into the eyes of someone you thought you would be with for the rest of your life . . . but something happened. Now you’re staring into the same person’s eyes across a courtroom.

What do you think our response is going to be when we go from the good news part of life into the bad news season where everything seems to be falling apart?  From our desired Plan A into a Plan B we never asked for and don’t want?

I think there is a question that can lead us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with God at times like this… if we have the guts to ask it.  The key question is this:

What would you do if you were absolutely confident that God is with you?

Stay dry folks.

-A