The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
Point 4:
You get a candle as a gift… you could care less until the electricity goes out and you need it… its a seemingly useless gift until you realize it’s not… it gives you light… the lights actually go on!
That’s pain… it seems useless until it allows the lights to go on.
God Redeems Pain He Didn't Cause
Greek: πάθημα (pathema) — general word for suffering (Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5) — often used for suffering that simply happens to someone, not suffering they chose.
But God will use it for his Glory in and through us.
Joseph
Joseph was
Last - youngest
Loathed - hated by his brothers
Lied about - Dad he was eaten by a lion
Labored as a slave
Lured - by Bathsheba
Libeled - accused by Bathsheba
Labeled - still just a prisoner
Lost - Lost in the system
Lapsed - forgotten by the Butler in prison
Left - left for dead… until Pharaoh had a dream
LIVING - LIVING THE DREAM - LITERALLY!
THE JOSEPH PRINCIPLE — "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" (Genesis 50:20).
METHOD MAN
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU “IM GONNA BRING THE PAIN” - laugh and say “yeah, and I can’t wait to see what God does with it!”
