Genesis 40:9–15
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We want a God who is a celestial butler, on call to deliver us from every inconvenience. We want a faith that functions like a self-help program, guaranteeing our best life now. But the God of Scripture is not a tame God, and the story He is writing is not a gentle stroll through a suburban park. It is an epic, full of betrayal, injustice, suffering, and long, dark nights of the soul. And it is in these very places, in the dungeons and the pits, that God does His most profound work. He is meticulously sovereign over the envy of brothers, the lies of a seductress, and the cold forgetfulness of a pardoned criminal. As Christians, we are required to believe that God works all things together for good, but we are not required to believe that all things, taken in isolation, feel good.