FAITH CAPSULE: God does not fail to deliver His own.

Genesis 37, 39

The word of God is true as stated, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9) Brothers of Joseph took evil’s position to their brother Joseph. This is the statement of brothers of Joseph towards Joseph “Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!” (Genesis 37:18-20) Brothers of Joseph turned out to become enemy and wanted to see what was going to become of Joseph’s dream.
Often times, wicked ones do not remember that God is in charge of heaven and earth affairs. God alone sees the acts of evil and “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Ecclesiastes 8:11)
Are you an evil agenda like Joseph’s brothers?
The story of Joseph points out that when a man is set up by God to live for the glory of God, the enemy will also set up to offset God’s purpose in the life of man. However, God does not fail for His own just like Joseph. It is written, “The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.”(Genesis 39:2- 4) Truly, God was with Joseph because the enemy made a choice to be against him. The enemy wanted to deny him to live to the fulfillment of God’s purpose.
Have you identified any evil’s set up against your life?
Be assured that God is with you to prevail.
All three times that it was mentioned that the Lord was with Joseph, there was mercy, favor, prosperity, success and authority in place in the life of Joseph. When God is with man, no evil can be against man that walks in the word of God. Joseph’s secret was his fear of God. The book of Proverbs 14:27 recorded, “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.” The word of God is forever true and He will not fail to perform His word. God alone shall turn around the intent of enemy to good.

Prayer for the day: Ask God for mercy and become over-comer against evil agenda.