Again, deceit is used. Joseph set up this
difficult situation.
Is it possible that Joseph was trying to
discover where his brothers’ hearts were? Were they sorrowful for all the wrong
they had dealt Joseph in his younger years?
Once confronted with the wrongdoing, “They tore
their clothes, and every mans loaded his donkey; and they returned to the
city.”
If we could be even half as sorrowful for our
wrong doings today. What a different
world we would be living in if our sin truly drove us to such sorrow. Is there an action in your past that still grieves
your heart? Are you sorry for a past wrong that you committed? Take it to Jesus
today and pray for courage to ask forgiveness from those you wronged.
