Devotional : Trusting God Through The Hard Times

Psalms 1:3

Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe. But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him. One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. “Listen to this dream,” he said. “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them. Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!” But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant. When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him. “Here comes the dreamer!” they said. “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!” So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off the beautiful robe he was wearing. Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood. They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: “Look at what we found. Doesn’t this robe belong to your son?” Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
Genesis 37:3‭-‬9‭, ‬11‭, ‬18‭-‬20‭, ‬23‭-‬24‭, ‬31‭-‬32‭, ‬36 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/gen.37.3-36.NLT

Let’s Think About Joseph

Joseph was chosen by God and had dreams that came to pass… Joseph didn’t ask for the dream, He just had them. Because Joseph was God’s anointed and His chosen his brothers hated him.. Not only that they made plans to hurt Joseph to trap him but they didnt know that God was still in control.

When People Come Against You You may have not done anything wrong , you may have just done what God told you to do and people are coming against you….. but you have to keep going. Joseph went through a 13 year process there were times that he wondered … God why ? Why me ? But God had it in his plan to bless Joseph to save His people !

The Dreams Are Real I am not talking about fantasies … I am talking about dreams. Don’t quit the process and don’t give up. Dreams of you preaching the gospel, dreams of you in government for God, and dreams that God gave you best selling books ! It may take a while but you have to keep going ! Be gracious and dont quit ! Serve like Joseph and trust God … struggle now , faith forever, and bless God for eternity !

But God ❤,

Diamond

Acts 13:22 I have found David….. son of Jesse.

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Dates With Jesus : Overcomer The Movie

The day I went to see this movie I had a bad day…. I failed at something that I believed I wasnt going to fail in… That day was hard for me. Just being honest.

#Honestly

When I made the decision to go see this movie ( completely spur of the moment by the way) it wasnt planned.. Actually, I was going to wait till next month because I wanted to save my money. I had enough but … I just wanted to save. However, things got so bad I just decided “you know what…. I’m going to the movies.”

Back Drop

Now God has been dealing with me about this movie with Priscilla Shrier .. I mean every where I went I saw a picture of this movie. It’s ironic because when I first started “Dates With Jesus” in 2016 it came from her movie War Room (Proverbs 31:30)… So here I am three years later returning back to my first love.

Things I Loved About The Movie

  • So I go to the movie with my food which were Nachos 🙂 and begin to enjoy watching the movie… And I was literally in there bawling crying… And the others who were there were cheering as well ! John 3:16
  • The movie has the anointing of Solomon… it shows the grace of redemption of someone old in age who comes back to Christ Jesus. It was beautiful (Luke 5:32).
  • It shows the power of prayer… Sometimes we as humans try to take things into our own hands… and that DOES not work ! But prayer does ❤ 1 Thessalonians 5:17

For Such A Time As This

What I loved the most is the Bible Verse that was in the movie… it takes serious boldness and faith to do that, especially in the times we are in. I myself have encountered trouble that comes with this. Everytime I talked about Jesus on my jobs I always got in trouble. And shockingly .. some people who claimed to be believers would tell me not to talk about God at work.. but I couldn’t help it. So this movie encouraged me that I will not bow (The Book Of Daniel). God blessed me and so I will say his name… Jesus.

How Did God Use This To Encourage Me ?

There are times that we have bad days and failures … There are times that we fall short… but we have to repent. God used this to show me that my failure was a process. And that through my running in His race eventually I will be the Head and Not the Tail….

If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
Deuteronomy 28:13 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/deu.28.13.NLT

Success takes time… it takes years… it’s a journey. It’s hard sometimes but during the running of this race we have to stay close to God….

You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?
Galatians 5:7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/gal.5.7.NLT

Love Mixed With Faith,

Precious- Diamond Chessier ❤

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