God can Use Broken People

It seems that things happen that are so out of the ordinary that it brings us to question, “O.K. Lord, what is this a ll about?” The events of Genesis 38 are much like that to this pastor. Here  we are at the transition from Jacob to Joseph and we have the parenthesis of this chapter that is completely out of sync with everything else around it. Yet God saw it that important. Perhaps it was to grab our attention; there could literally be a myriad of reasons for why it is in the order it is. But here we are looking into the life of 
Judah and Tamar. The dysfunction of the family continues into that of Judah’s sons. The reality is that all of us are infected by the contagion of sin. On some the infection seems more advanced, but make no mistake, it is terminal no matter if the symptoms are seen as mild or severe. What I take from this sad story is the marvelous grace of God at work despite the wickedness, sinfulness and depravity of man. Are you a broken vessel, a useless cracked pot that is marred and of no seeming worth or redeeming quality. So are we all. Yet God sees in us great potential for His kingdom work and purpose if we will but look to Him. So we will suspend our look at the life of Joseph to look at Judah and who he is and will become in God’s purposes.

VERSES of the WEEK

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 

(Luke 12:8-9)