Genesis45

Bible Gateway link Chapter 45

God takes bad and always makes good from it. I think the best example for me is my life. All you have to do is read my testimony: http://www.psalm22.net/testimonies_brian.html . There is little doubt that I was lost, and God took all of that and turned it to good.

Now to be honest and just put it all out there....I would have to say that God turns bad to good in my life daily. Without going in to a lot of detail I face temptation daily. I am not talking a little white lie type of temptation, I am talking 10 commandment breaking, make an angel blush TEMMMMTAAAATION. I do not know why, but I know that God will not allow me to be tempted beyond my ability to withstand. So often sin is laid at my feet, and where once upon a time I might have been tempted, I might have thought about it, I might have even acted on some of it, now it is nothing but noise. A little nuisance that is diffused as quickly as it arrived. I am actually a little amused by it to be honest. Amused at the fact that once in my life I might have acted differently, amused that once in my life money, power, status, and sex, meant everything, I actually thought that all of that stuff could fill the void. Now believing that is like believing in The Lone Ranger.....the story might sound good, but there is no substance to it. We serve a mighty God. Once you let him in the devil has no chance, the temptations might come, but the shield of faith protects without fail. The Lord turns bad to good for all of us.

Peace,
Brian