Genesis 50: 20: "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." Jacob has died. The brothers are concerned that Joseph will take revenge against them for their selling him into slavery. They tell Joseph that before their father died he told them to tell him to forgive them. Today's verse is Joseph's response. Joseph had a forgiving heart that understood God's Providence. Joseph saw the "big picture." Sometimes you can get so mired in the details of the hurt that you don't see what is happening from a higher plane. Joseph had that understanding. He never took revenge. His forgiveness was genuine. When you trust God's Providence, you know that everything is going to work together for good for God's people (Romans 8: 28).
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