JUST WHEN
Today's reading: Genesis 42-43

"Jacob exclaimed, You have deprived me of my children! Joseph has disappeared, Simeon has gone, and now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!" Genesis 42:36 NLT

Isn't that just how it feels right before God steps in and does His amazing work?

You feel like the world is against you...

That nothing is going right...

The washer quits, the insurance premium goes up and the dentist suggests oral surgery...

Just when you think things can't get any worse, God steps in.

Like He did for Jacob.

Like He does for us.

Just when all is darkest, the sun appears on the horizon and lights up a new and beautiful morning.

Just when you think you cannot handle another day of rainclouds, thunderclaps and wet feet, the clouds part and a rainbow is visible.

Just when you have finally worked up the courage to approach the mailbox, dreading what it may hold today in the form of bills, someone has sent you a handwritten note.

Just when you could have thrown the towel in on attending the worship service, fighting the husband and kids to get there and get seated, just when you knew there was no hope in having your heart in the right spot for God to touch...the right song is sung, the right Scripture read, the right words spoken.

So, if you think everything is going against you--stay tuned!!