Genesis 42:35
[35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
[36] And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
There is an ancient proverb that says “Worry give small things big shadows”. I read another great quote about worry: “It pays to worry. Ninety percent of the things I worry about never come true”.
I suggest you read the about the story of Jospeh in order to understand the context of the scripture above. Start reading around Genesis 37.
Jacob is worrying! Joseph is dead, Simeon is gone and now they want to take Benjamin away. “All these things are against me”. Now that’s a pretty serious statement – that means past, present, and future – everything is against him. Jacob is saying “I’ve been singled out for all the problems of the universe to hit me”.
What do you do when “all these things are against you”? I didn’t say “if” but “when”. If you’ve been around long enough – you will know the feeling.
There are going to be times when it looks like everything is against you. I’ve come across a lot of born again Christians that think because they have been born again that they are somehow immune to problems in their life. The very fact that the Holy Ghost is a comforter ought to tell us that there are times when we are going to need comforting (John 14:26).
What Jacob didn’t know was Joseph was the Prime Minister and Simeon is in the care of a loving brother Joseph. Why was he worrying about Benjamin? Jacob was going by what his eyes could see – not what his faith could discern.
It may look like it is all falling down around you – but God is still in control. We tend to think that God doesn’t understand what we are going through, but He does. We have a high priest which is touched with the feeling of our infirmities (Hebrews 4:15) – He knows what it is like. Jesus knew what it feels to be “man forsaken” and “God forsaken”. “My God My God – why hast thou forsaken me”.
Jacob thought all these things were against him – but that was not true. They were actually for him. They seemed to be against him! If fact, they had never been better.
The devil would like us to get our minds on everything that is going wrong – “all these things are against me”. He seeks to destroy our peace because if you don’t have peace you cant have joy. If you don’t have joy we wont have strength – the Bible says “the joy of the Lord is our strength”.
[35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
[36] And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
There is an ancient proverb that says “Worry give small things big shadows”. I read another great quote about worry: “It pays to worry. Ninety percent of the things I worry about never come true”.
I suggest you read the about the story of Jospeh in order to understand the context of the scripture above. Start reading around Genesis 37.
Jacob is worrying! Joseph is dead, Simeon is gone and now they want to take Benjamin away. “All these things are against me”. Now that’s a pretty serious statement – that means past, present, and future – everything is against him. Jacob is saying “I’ve been singled out for all the problems of the universe to hit me”.
What do you do when “all these things are against you”? I didn’t say “if” but “when”. If you’ve been around long enough – you will know the feeling.
There are going to be times when it looks like everything is against you. I’ve come across a lot of born again Christians that think because they have been born again that they are somehow immune to problems in their life. The very fact that the Holy Ghost is a comforter ought to tell us that there are times when we are going to need comforting (John 14:26).
What Jacob didn’t know was Joseph was the Prime Minister and Simeon is in the care of a loving brother Joseph. Why was he worrying about Benjamin? Jacob was going by what his eyes could see – not what his faith could discern.
It may look like it is all falling down around you – but God is still in control. We tend to think that God doesn’t understand what we are going through, but He does. We have a high priest which is touched with the feeling of our infirmities (Hebrews 4:15) – He knows what it is like. Jesus knew what it feels to be “man forsaken” and “God forsaken”. “My God My God – why hast thou forsaken me”.
Jacob thought all these things were against him – but that was not true. They were actually for him. They seemed to be against him! If fact, they had never been better.
The devil would like us to get our minds on everything that is going wrong – “all these things are against me”. He seeks to destroy our peace because if you don’t have peace you cant have joy. If you don’t have joy we wont have strength – the Bible says “the joy of the Lord is our strength”.
There are times when it appear everything is against us – but that does not mean you are defeated.
1. Have faith in God!
2. Trust God!
3. God has everything under control!
That's my five minutes!
