THE DAILY BLUEPRINT FOR 12-29-06

SAVED FROM THE PIT

GENESIS 37:23-24
And it came to pass when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; and they took him and cast him into a pit. . .


Some days when I sit down to pray and then do the devotional for the next day -often I have no idea what I am going to write about or what verse I am to use - but yesterday was different - as I was going through my day minding my own business and working - God came to me with this subject matter -you see like all of us - I've been a bit blue for some time - not sure just why - but like Joseph I've been in a pit - not that I am in despair or anything -its just been a trying time in my life of faith - but I've come out of it with this message- praise God - you see going through bad times is never easy - it takes it toll on us - but if we would just wait on the Lord, He would see us through - I have to say that sometimes I am still caught in that pit - but God is the one who saves me from it - this can be said on many levels - God sent His Son to save us from the pit (hell in this case) and Joseph the main character of today's verse also was saved by God from a pit - the thing that gets me the most about this passage and this story is that all the good things that followed His pitiful (sorry!) experience had to come after being tossed in a pit - what would you do if your brothers tossed you into a pit and left you for dead? Many would give us - I would pout -and then complain and finally give up hope - that's when I focus on my strength and not God's strength - He will pull you out of the pit if you are in one - and He will lift us up to new life in Him - Joseph was thrown in the pit and this was the beginning of something great- Joseph would one day rule over his brothers just as he had said - when you are down and out and there seems to be no hope - turn to God - He will never leave us in the pit longer then we need to be in the pit - this whole experience has taught me that we really do need to trust in JESUS and not in our power - we must trust God to deliver us - He will do it in HIS time-
This message was on my heart -I hope it has spoken to you -
God wants you to know you are in HIS hands!
Praise GOD!


A side note: The first thing we have to do when trown in a pit is to look up!
There is where our help will come! Keep on looking up!

Because of CHRIST we are saved from the pit of despair!

LIVIN IN THE WORD FOR FRIDAY 12-29-06
IN THIS LIFE THERE WILL BE MANY HILLS AND VALLEYS!
Remember VALLEYS FILL FIRST -special thanks to Ceadman's Call!