God Is in Control
God knew what Joseph's brothers would do before they did it. As a matter of fact, the Lord knew they would do it before He gave Joseph the dream or before any of those boys were born. To go one step further, look at what Joseph said to his brothers when they were reunited. "But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, FOR GOD SENT ME before you to preserve life. For these two years the famine has been in the land and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing or harvesting. And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here but God." Genesis 45:5-8.

Not many have suffered the treatment Joseph has received from his brothers. It would not have been as painful if his enemies did this. But these were his brothers, his flesh and blood. They were the ones who were supposed to encourage, support, defend and care for him. Could there be a worse scenario of mistreatment than that which Joseph endured.

So remember stay submitted to God by not becoming offended. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (James 4:7.) We resist the devil by not becoming offended. The dream or vision will probably happen differently from how you think it will, but His word and His promises will not fail. We only risk aborting them by our disobedience.

Pages 41, 42 and 43.
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Quoted from the book:
'The Bait of Satan' by John Bevere
ISBN 1 86024-024-0
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