每日箴言（中英）｜将罪恶转化为美善

每日箴言

将罪恶转化为美善

“从前你们的意思是要害我，但神的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。” - 创 50:20

? 灵修

约瑟曾经是一个不懂事的少年人。但他做了两个梦，梦到他家人向自己下拜，他迫不及待地告诉了最不可能喜欢听到这些的人！他的哥哥们恨他入骨，结果把他卖为奴隶。在埃及，经历了一连串大起大跌的事件之后，约瑟最终成了埃及王法老的宰相。当饥荒使他哥哥们到埃及买粮的时候，他们和约瑟重聚了，他们的父亲雅各也和失去多年的儿子得以重聚了。

在雅各死后，哥哥们猜想约瑟会不会因为他们以前的恶行惩罚他们，然而约瑟却作出一个让人目瞪口呆的回应，他说：“你们原是要害我，但神却使它成为好事，救了多人性命。”

降临节提醒我们，神能把邪恶的企图转变成佳美的结果。我们不一定能看到神是如何作成的，因为神的道路并非我们的道路，但神总是在动善工。我们在约瑟的生命中和耶稣的故事里都能看到这一点。当耶稣死在十字架上，神将受难的罪恶转化成永恒的救恩，使得凡相信耶稣作为救主的人都能得救。

尽管我们都犯了罪，神总是以这样的方式使我们惊讶：爱能胜过恨，赦免能克服罪恶。在你的生命中，你已经历到神这样的爱吗？

? 祷告

主啊，感谢祢总是动工将罪恶转化为美善；感谢祢差遣耶稣承受十字架上的死，好使我们得活。奉祂的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

? Dreaming Joseph

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." — Genesis 50:20

? Devotion

Joseph was a teenager who lacked common sense. When two dreams revealed that his family members would bow down to him, he eagerly told all those who were the least likely to appreciate them! His brothers hated him so much that they sold him into slavery. In Egypt, after a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs, Joseph became the chief deputy to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. When a famine brought the brothers to Egypt to buy food, they were reunited with Joseph. Their father, Jacob, was also reunited with his long lost son.

After Jacob died, the brothers wondered if Joseph would now punish them for their awful deed. But Joseph delivered a jaw-dropping response: You meant to harm me, but God turned it into good and saved many lives.

Advent reminds us that God is able to turn evil intentions into results that are good. We can't always see how God does this; God's ways are not our ways. But God is always working to do good. We see it in the life of Joseph and in the story of Jesus. When Jesus died on the cross, God took the evil of the crucifixion and transformed it into everlasting salvation for all who believe in Jesus as Savior.

Despite all our sins, God is always surprising us with the ways in which love can conquer hatred and forgiveness can overpower sin. Have you experienced God's love in your life?

? Prayer

Lord, thank you for always being at work to turn evil to good. Thank you for sending Jesus to endure the cross so that we may live. Amen.

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