Joseph and his life of DETOURS (see Genesis 37 for where his “detour” began)
What a crazy turn his life is about to make...I can’t imagine being in his shoes. However, we all have had situations when life doesn’t make sense. It's okay, go ahead and trust God when things don't make sense. He's got you. And He has a purpose in every twist, turn and detour we find ourselves facing. In life, as when traveling, detours exist because construction is taking place somewhere. When you are on a highway and there is a detour, it’s usually because workers are trying to fix, build, correct, or improve something (ughhhh the Pocahontas bridge). Similarly, God will take us on a detour because He is constructing something in our lives as well. Granted, detours are anything but convenient. Detours take us out of our way, mess up our agenda, throw us behind our timeline. They are LONGER than we originally had planned to travel, but they are necessary. Think about this excerpt from Dr Tony Evans book, “Detours”:
"God didn’t keep Daniel from the lion’s den; He met him in it. He didn’t keep Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fiery furnace; He joined them in it. He didn’t keep Joseph from being a slave to Potiphar; He gave him favor in it. And He met him in the prison as well. The proof in knowing you are where God wants you to be in your detour is that God doesn’t deliver you from it but rather joins you in it."
If you like books as much as me— read Detours by Dr Tony Evans —-it’s a quick read about the life of Joesph. I have read it 3 times it’s so good!
