She enjoys writing about faith, marriage, parenting, relationships, and life. Lynette Kittle is married with four daughters. Who has God brought to your mind recently? Anyone you haven’t thought about in years? Take time to consider why you’re thinking of them, and ask God if He is prompting you to reach out to them. We can believe He has a plan for our lives and will bring us to the minds of those who know us, in His perfect timing and according to His will. So, whenever we’re feeling forgotten by others, we can choose to trust God hasn’t forgotten us. In calling to reconnect with him, they discovered he was looking for a job, which led to his being hired for the position. In thinking of him, they had an “aha” moment, where they felt prompted to contact him in consideration for an upcoming opening at their organization. I have a family member who was praying and asking God for a job, when friends who were thousands of miles away, ones he hadn’t been in contact with for years, “just happened” to be looking through a box that brought him to mind. We can also trust God is at work in our lives, whether by way of those we are hoping will think of us, or through those who may surprise us. Like Joseph, when we have felt forgotten by others, we can take comfort in knowing God remembers us. This “aha” moment led to Joseph being called before Pharaoh to interpret his dream, an act that led to his release from prison and being placed into a high position within the kingdom ( Genesis 41:41).Īlthough forgotten throughout his life by others, God didn’t ever forget Joseph, working through his life in remarkable ways ( Acts 7:9-10). When all his advisors and consultants couldn’t interpret the troubling dream for him, the chief cupbearer had an “aha” moment where he remembered Joseph. After two full years had passed, the chief cupbearer’s boss, the Pharaoh, had a dream that he didn’t understand. Genesis 41:1-13, describes what followed. So, was the cupbearer just a terrible person who purposely forgot Joseph? Was he a self-absorbed individual totally ungrateful for his help? Or, was his delay in remembering Joseph all in God’s timing? It’s a question we too may want to consider when it seems like we’ve been forgotten by someone we thought for sure would remember us. Genesis 40:23 explains, “The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph he forgot him.” But, following a quick release, this inmate forgot all about Joseph’s assistance. Joseph asked to be remembered by him when he was released. While serving time with fellow inmates, Joseph interpreted a dream for the chief cupbearer who was also imprisoned at the time. Sold into slavery by jealous brothers who truly did want to forget all about him, their actions led to Joseph’s imprisonment. Scripture tells us about the extraordinary life of Joseph, a man who understood what it meant to be forgotten by others. Have you ever experienced feeling forgotten by someone who promised to keep in contact with you, or said they would recommend you for an opportunity, but then seemed to have disappeared and forgotten all about you? Jesus has the last say.“But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison” - Genesis 40:14 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:55-57īecause of Jesus Christ, death and the grave no longer have the last say in our lives. On the third day, Sunday morning, God raised Jesus from the dead and He's alive! "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?. The world put a period after Jesus's crucifixion and death. Stop putting periods where God puts commas. And Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, his organs functioning, the rotting skin is made new again.Īnd Jesus will take what has died in you and raise it from the dead! He will see us through the crisis, not just barely surviving, but victorious. That's more than a period, that's an exclamation mark! But it wasn't over. Lazarus was dead and decaying for four days in that tomb. But God puts a comma in those places because it's not over until He says it's over. We think it's over, period: Our marriages, our families, our jobs, our health, our futures. We put periods in our lives where God puts commas. No matter how terrible and impossible the situation appears, how awful you feel, or how there appears to be no answer, no help, no hope, God will see you through because He and He alone has the final say.
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