How to NEVER Stay Disappointed in Life!

FRIDAY’S DAILY BIBLE VERSE: “You intended to harm me, BUT God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (Joseph, Genesis 50:20, NIV)

Welcome back to the Daily Bible Coach, where we give you 5 minutes of personal development and inspiration EACH morning… from a biblical perspective. Happy Friday to you friend, wherever in the world you are located at! It’s the end of the work week for most, and I hope you had a BLESSED week.

Below is a quote that came into my heart earlier this week… that I placed in my Facebook status update…

REMEMBER: In life, nobody owes you ANYTHING. Once you realize this fact, you will NEVER stay disappointed at anyone or any rough spot you encounter in life!

Read it again… and again… and again… and when you get tired of reading that quote, read it one more time, until your eyes pop out of your head -or- it gets ingrained in your spirit.

Because in this life, people WILL disappoint you. People WILL drop the ball. People WILL hurt you. People WILL say hurtful and harmful things to tear down your good name. People WILL step on your head in order to climb the corporate ladder or get ahead. People WILL cheat you!

…so I’m not telling you anything new, because if you’ve lived in this world any longer than 10 days… you already know that it’s not all peaches and cream, bubble gum, and cotton candy. This is a dog eat dog world — and people WILL do cruel things to you, and many times, for no reason.

But in spite of the fact that there are people out there on your road of life who MEAN to harm you and they MEAN to hurt you… we should be GLAD and thankful that as a son or daughter of the most High King that we are on a collision path with our God given destiny… and we have yet to reach our highest potential in Him!

In spite of the fact that there are people who seek to wrong us and cheat us, be GLAD that God knows the plans that He has for you… and those plans are meant to prosper you and do NO harm to you, but they give you HOPE and a FUTURE! (Jeremiah 29:11)

Joseph knew disappointment more than ANY of us, but he didn’t dwell on it and he didn’t allow it (or the 13 years of hell he went through) to tear down his self worth. At the age of 17, when most of us were concerned with having clear skin… Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers who intended to kill him… but later they “kindly” decided to just sell him into slavery. DISAPPOINTMENT!

He was bought by a wealthy man named Potiphar and promoted to run his household, but unfortunately for Joseph, Potiphar’s wife LOVED her some nice, juicy, Hebrew young men… and when he rejected her sexual advances… the wife told Potiphar that Joseph tried to rape her… and Joseph found himself thrown in a dirty, nasty prison. DISAPPOINTMENT!

In prison, Joseph found favor and was promoted to head of the prisoners. He correctly interpretted some dreams for some of Pharoah’s officials who were also thrown in there… with the promise that when one of the officials got out of prison… he would REMEMBER what Joseph did and tell the Pharoah of his plight… so that Joseph would be released.

That day didn’t happen for YEARS… and Joseph continued to rot in prison until one day FAVOR found Joseph. He was released from prison and through a series of unlikely events, he was promoted to the #2 spot of leadership and wealth in the whole land of Egypt.

At the end of the day… because of Joseph’s high position, he was able to save his whole family from starving to death during a season of severe famine. He was also reunited with his humbled brothers who had “intended to harm him”, but really God had used their evil actions for “the good and for the saving of many lives”

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Don’t stay disappointed at people… because at the end of the day, no one owes you a thing… and when it comes down to it God can use the evil, harmful actions of people… to accomplish GREAT things in your life!

Have a GREAT weekend and see you next Monday!

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