Bible Reading: Genesis 39

Have you ever met people who seem to stop you from progressing in life?

You get due for promotion, and they get a good excuse to fire you or keep you stuck;

You thought the relationship will end up in marriage, but they fired the separation missiles;

The contract was to be signed in your favour, but the decision was overturned because of him;

They gave you their right hand of fellowship in ministry, but are backstabbing you when you thought you needed them most …

Your brethren all over the world experience similar things. It is one distinguishing factor of believers. Such experiences usually surface as God’s master plan unfolds in our lives. The experience of Jesus Christ is a classical example. Here’s the testimony –

“The experts of our day haven’t a clue about what God’s eternal plan is. If they had, they wouldn’t have killed the Master of the God-designed life on a cross”. I Corinthians 2:8 (MSG)

The Jews thought they were experts and interpreted that by killing Jesus, they were achievers. Well, they were achievers in a way they did not understand. They helped drive him to the zone where his life purpose was fulfilled; where he paid the price for our redemption. It’s the same way Potiphar’s wife in Genesis 39 did not have a clue that she was accelerating Joseph’s move to the throne by throwing him into prison. Who are those who claim to be experts over your life?

Let them struggle to close the door at you. If the door really gets close, then most probably it is a back door that is not meant for royal people like you. There may be somewhere else you need to look at. Sometimes we face the heat and say “Lord, take this cup away from me”. But he reminds us “the experts don’t have a clue of my plan”; they are just helping to drive you from your sluggish zone to your destiny zone. The circumstances are just intended to make you better and not bitter, so you will be equipped to fulfil your purpose. I call them “destiny accelerators”.  I have seen them driven many believers to the place where purpose was fulfilled.

So don’t get distracted when some experts cannot understand you. Keep on basking in the grace God.

– tope aladenusi