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1999
ALISTAIR BEGG

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Begg, Alistair, author.

Title: The hand of God : finding his care in all circumstances / Alistair Begg.

Description: Chicago : Moody Publishers, 2018. | Originally published: c1999. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018031609 (print) | LCCN 2018038321 (ebook) | ISBN 9780802497666 (ebook) | ISBN 9780802418951

Subjects: LCSH: Joseph (Son of Jacob) | Providence and government of God--Christianity.

Classification: LCC BS580.J6 (ebook) | LCC BS580.J6 B44 2018 (print) | DDC 222/.11092--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018031609

ISBN: 978-0-8024-1895-1

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We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

T hose who have been Christians for any length of time may find that the page in their Bible which contains this verse is a little worn, even smudgedand with good reason. This great verse is a promise from God that we are not hapless victims of life, at the mercy of fate or chance. We are not driven along by some blind, impersonal force.

On the contrary, we are the objects of Gods providential care. We are under His guiding and protecting hand.

The providence of God is that continued exercise of the divine energy whereby the Creator preserves all His creatures, is operative in all that comes to pass in the world, and directs all things to their appointed end.

The implications of Gods providence are staggering because they impact every area and every moment of our lives. This truth is one that separates believers from unbelievers. We need not be concerned about Sagittarius, Gemini, or the other signs of the zodiac, or about the movements of the planets and other silly things that preoccupy pagan minds. Jesus says they may run after these things (Matt. 6:32), but as His people, we are to be different.

So we are faced with this incredible truth that God rules and overrules in all the circumstances of life. Romans 8:28 is not a pious platitude to be mumbled at a bedside or a graveside when we dont know what else to say but want to be helpful. It is truth thats meant for life, so what we need is a real-life illustration of how this truth looks with skin on.

Thats what we hope to discover in this book. The biblical doctrine of Gods providence is classically expressed in the story of Joseph. As we trace the powerful principle of Gods providential care unfolding in Josephs life, we will find that his story is probably the classic Old Testament illustration of Romans 8:28.

If you enjoy stories as much as I do, I can assure you that we are at the threshold of a classic in the story of Joseph. Indeed, it is an epic, a saga: the biography of Joseph covers more space than that given to any of the other heroes in the book of Genesis. Thats even more amazing when you realize that this group includes Abraham, the friend of God and the father of all who believe.

Even people who have only a scant knowledge of the Old Testament probably know of Joseph, for the same reason many people know of Noah and the ark or Jonah and the great fish: his story is memorialized by something visually unusualhis multicolored coat.

And for those who have no biblical clue at all, Joseph may still be a familiar name, courtesy of the DreamWorks animated feature Joseph: King of Dreams or the popular Broadway musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Timothy Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Joseph, as we are about to discover, is a man worth knowing.

Josephs birth is recorded in Genesis 30:2324, and he is mentioned several times in subsequent chapters. But we are introduced to him in depth when he is seventeen years old, a young man tending the flocks of his father, Jacob, with his brothers (Gen. 37:2). Between this notice and the record of Josephs death ninety-three years later at the age of 110 (50:26), we have the details of a truly amazing life presented to us in biblical Technicolor.

The story of Joseph is a tale of jealousy, deceit, slavery, misrepresentation, injustice, lust, rivalry, and forgiveness. It pits brother against brother. We encounter imprisonment and deep trials that do not produce self-pity, and prosperity that does not bring the accompanying pride.

Josephs life encompasses all of this and moreand in it all, the overarching theme is that of the sovereign hand of God manifesting itself in His providential care over His dearly loved children and bringing about all that He has purposed in the affairs of time.

Josephs life ought to be for us a story of great encouragement and reassurance as we make our way in the walk of faith, carrying with us the baggage of our past, the fears of our present, and the prospects of our future. We are sometimes tempted to wonder in the midst of all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of life, Does God care? Is God in control? And if so, what might we expect?

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