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\u2026\u201dEverything is against me!\u201d \u2013 Genesis 42:36<\/p>\n
Eventually, Benjamin along with Jacob\u2019s other sons learned that their brother Joseph was second in command in Egypt. Joseph revealed his identity, and Jacob was reunited with his son whom he had not seen for more than 13 years. He had thought Joseph to be dead.<\/p>\n
So often we believe our dreams are dead. There seems to be nothing left in our world to live for. Everything appears to be against us. During these times, God is doing His deepest behind-the-scenes work. During these times, God is performing a deeper work in each of us \u2014 a work that cannot be seen.<\/p>\n
When clients began leaving my ad agency and it dried up for no apparent reason, it appeared \u201ceverything was against me.\u201d I could not see that God was orchestrating a whole new calling on my life. At the moment, it seemed like the worst thing in the world. It seemed that I had been a failure. But God said, \u201cNo.\u201d All the years before had been preparation for what God\u2019s ultimate calling would be. One of God\u2019s methods for directing His children\u2019s steps is through drying up resources: a job loss, a career change, or a disaster. In these times we are willing to listen more intently, and to seek God in ways we would not normally do. C.S. Lewis once wrote, \u201cGod whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.\u201d [C.S.Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1962), 93.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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