“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” Genesis 50:20

Every Halloween my wife and I have a tradition. We’ll make a pot of chili and pumpkin cookies and curl up on the couch to watch Bette Midler and Sara Jessica Parker in the Disney classic “Hocus Pocus”. The film portrays three bumbling witches trying to regain their youth while two teens and a child work together to finally put them in their place. In the end evil loses, which is no surprise. In life evil always loses for Jesus sealed the victory on the cross.

God Always Brings The Victory.

Joseph’s life in Genesis 50 is just another example. His brothers sold him into slavery, which brought him to Egypt and through a winding set of circumstances he ultimately became Pharaoh’s right hand man. Then when famine struck, the only place Joseph’s brothers could go for food was Egypt, where they found themselves face to face with the brother they had sold into slavery. The brothers were despondent but Joseph says to them, “What you meant for evil, God meant for good, for here I am saving your life”. The Bible is the ultimate good versus evil story book. Thankfully we know how the story ends. Today, “trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.” Proverbs 3:5.