Not Abandoned At All

 

When He summoned

a famine on the land

and broke all supply of bread,

He sent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was

            sold as a slave.

             Psalm 105. 16-17

(Despite all apparent appearances,

   God had not abandoned Joseph,

but divinely designated him

for His deeper purposes.

  Far beyond Joseph's vision,

     God guided and provided

for the welfare of many people.

Even in what we cannot understand,

   God has not randomly placed us.

God appoints each of us,

      each day, each situation.

He is right here with us.

We have only to be faithful.

God is doing a work

    we would not believe,

    even if told.  Habakkuk 1. 5)

O LORD,

You preserved the story of Joseph,

not that we should be amazed

at what You did with an ordinary man,

  but that we will trust You,

       even on this ordinary day

    --which is never so ordinary.

Grant to us the courage we need

   to follow You

   into the mysteries

           beyond our understanding.

Let Your purposes unfold

         for Your glory.