When God's plan is different than your plan, you end up calling that a detour, even though it's not a detour, but from your perspective, it can feel that way.
Moses, the writer of the book of Genesis, leaves something out of chapter 37. As we read it, it may not be obvious to us as modern-day Christians, but for a Jewish reader, it would have been really apparent what was missing from this chapter. God appears to be missing – there’s no mention of him. Not one time. God seems absent from what is going on in Joseph’s life when he is ...
It’s important for us to recognize that there is a difference between God's specific will and God's revealed will. Most of the questions that we have about the will of God revolve around his specific will, meaning what's God's personal will for my life? Who does God want me to marry? Should I break up with him? Should I ask her out? Where should I go to college? Where shou...
