God is bigger than the boogeyman

 Don't you just love Veggie Tales??? I do lol. Even as an adult i love hearing the stories and singing along with Larry and Bob! 

But GOD really is bigger than the boogeyman!!

See, God has a plan for each of us. And a lot of times we cant see it because HE is working behind the scenes setting the stage so to speak. He's moving the characters and the settings all over the place to put HIS perfect plan into motion. Heck, he already started before you were even born. How is that for a plot! 

I have been going through such a tough season in my life. But I have watched as each Act starts and ends. As he shows me, piece by piece, his perfect plan for me. I have seen HIM working when he decides to share with me a bit of the script. Ive seen the prayers answered, and i have also seen the villain at work too. There's ALWAYS a villain! Wouldn't be a movie without one. 

But if you wanna see a really good plan that HE worked out- go read the story of Joseph. 

Now THAT my friends is a plan worth rejoicing over. Cheering on the hero that comes through in the end- GOD. 

Joseph - many of us know the story about him. But do you really know the story? Go read it in Genesis. 

See his brothers were extremely jealous of him. So much so when Joseph started having dreams from GOD they got so angry they decided to plot his death! ( Again, grab the popcorn this is going to get good)

But they had a change of heart and decided they would sell him into slavery that way they wouldn't be murderers. Cause you know slavery is so much better! So they sent him off to Egypt and then took his beautiful coat ( you know the one!) and took it home to their father Jacob and said look here dad your son must have been killed by some beast. 

Meanwhile over in his new home, he was under Pharaoh and was being treated well as he was favored by the Lord so he was able to live well. That was UNTIL ( plot twist) the kings wife wanted him and tried to seduce him and when Joseph declined , well that didn't sit well with her. She cried out that he had tried to rape her and landed himself in the prison there. But he became favored with the guard and when two of the kings servants came in he had dreams about both. He predicted from his dreams that one would be shown favor and the other killed. And it came to pass! When Pharaoh learned of this he had him come back and pretty much was put in charge of things. And when he had two dreams he went to Joseph to have him tell him what they meant. When he told them about 7 years of plenty and then 7 years of famine, the king put him in charge of everything - livestock, harvest etc. 

So fast forward a bit- his brothers had to come to him because in the 7 years of famine there wasn't food for the family to survive. They didn't recognize their brother when they came, but he knew. And decided to have a little fun with them. Go read about it. Brotherly love lol. 

Sooooooo fast forward ( seriously y'all go read it) to the end of Genesis. His father finds out he's alive and comes to live there and ends up passing away. His brothers FREAKED OUT y'all. They thought man for sure now that father is gone he will now repay us for what we did to him.

Plot twist spoiler- nope! He forgave them. And then went on to tell them GOD had a plan. 

So lets recap shall we:

Sold into Slavery - Accused of rape- thrown in jail - interpreted dreams- became ruler over everything King Pharaoh had- saved his family from famine and death- got to see his father again

See GOD had a plan for Joseph. One much bigger than he could have even knew. For the good.

So the next time you are in circumstances that you cant even begin to see how GOD is going to use this to help you and better you- just remember- God is bigger than the boogeyman- even in the face of dire pits of despair, HE has a plan to bring you out victorious!

Stephanie Jones