Friday April 10th, 2026
« For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope »
23 So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.
28 Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
19 Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Our God is a master planner, He is always many steps ahead in His planning.
In our Bible reading today, Joseph’s brothers planned to do evil to him, but they did not know that God had gone ahead to use their evil plot as a means to fulfil his destiny.
What a master plan!
We see another example in the book of Esther where God had already made Esther the queen before Mordecai began to plot evil against the Israelites.
Many times, when we think that some things are happening for no specific reason, we have no idea that God is setting one of His plans in motion.
In 1 Samuel 17, the Bible tells us of a big giant that was terrorising the army of a nation on the battlefield for 40 days.
Back in the country, nobody knew about the terrorist, but a man sent his young son to take food to his older brothers that were on the battlefield.
That young son happened to be David, the man that God had anointed to be the next king of Israel.
Before this, God had arranged for David to be trained to kill giants by sending a lion and a bear for him to kill as practice.
When you read the story, you will hear David telling the king about the training he had received in the forest which qualified him to face the giant and kill him.
Acts 16:9-40 tells us about another clever plan of God.
God wanted to save the soul of a man and his family, but because of the nature of that man’s work, there was no way he could attend any crusade.
As a jailer, he couldn’t leave the prison he was working in as he had to look after the prisoners.
- Therefore, God needed somebody to go to the prison to preach to him.
In that story, you will see clearly how God planned it; in a vision, somebody told Paul, “Come to Macedonia and help us.”
Paul went to Macedonia in line with the vision, cast a demon out of a girl, and ended up in jail because of a family that had to be saved.
Trust God and obey whatever instructions He gives to you.
Once He tells you to go in a particular direction, obey Him so that you can be a vessel that He uses to bring His plans to pass.
Prayer focus – Father, please show me Your plans and help me to walk in them successfully.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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