First of all, this Joseph is not my second son Joseph; it is a Biblical character in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Joseph was a Hebrew who honored God. His brothers sold him to Egypt. Despite many difficult circumstances, he raised to become “the governor over all the land of Egypt”.
Based on the life of Joseph, Pastor explained the characteristics of the one who magnifying the Lord, using the life of Joseph as an example.
- God be always with him no matter under whatever circumstances, and his faith in God will not be diminished by any circumstances.
- He fears God so that he won’t fall into temptation.
- He forgives truly and thus enjoys true freedom.
In the end Joseph forgiven what his brothers had done to him. Yes, only the one who forgive truly is able to enjoy true freedom. So freedom is not a result of circumstances, but a result of our choice. If we choose to blame others making our life miserable, then we are in fact imprisoning our freedom ourselves - not the one who offends us, because the choice to forgive is ours :-) On the other hands, if we choose to forgive, we are free!
True forgiveness, true freedom! Start to forgive to enjoy freedom now and I guarantee that this principle will work for you :-)
If you would like to listen to the sermon, you can download it here free of charge :-)
See you next post :-)
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