Oak Grove Baptist Church

From The Heart 

From the Heart

Genesis 37:24 “Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.”

Joseph’s life changed in an instant when his brother took his coat of many colors and they put him down in a pit.

He had never experienced anything like this before. His life was not his own anymore, he no longer had control and he did not know what was to be the out-come. As we read the rest of this account in Joseph’s life there were to be many more experiences beyond his control, yet we read that Joseph believed God. It took 17 years for all that Joseph experienced to see how God was working in his life. Joseph never turned his back on God and continued to move forward with each event of his life believing that God would show him what to do.

For many of us, we feel like we have been dropped into a pit with this pandemic. All the things and events that we had planned have been stripped away. Many of the comforts that we have taken for granted have been removed. We truly are living a life of not knowing what is going to happen today or tomorrow. But one thing that has never changed and that is God. The same God that cared for Joseph is the same God that cares for us. Paul wrote in Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” As Joseph was able to see God’s hand leading his life, we too need to see God’s hand leading in our life. I believe that God wants to do a mighty work with his church in the midst of this pandemic. We need to stop focusing on the world and focus on God. Seek and pray about the work that God is wanting each of us to do and then do it. A new year is upon us and the opportunities of service are ever before us.

What a mighty God we serve.

Bro Kyle