Have you had one lately??? No, not a V8, but a bad day. How did you respond to it? Do you look forward to those or do you avoid them at all costs? Some bad days are our own fault...others just happen.
In Genesis 37-50, Joseph has many bad days -- Daddy's boy, great clothes, hated by his brothers -- brothers want to kill him, but instead sell him to a passing caravan -- falsely accused by the wife of his boss and thrown into prison -- tells some friends the outcome of their dreams and they forget him in the prison once they get out. But instead of sitting and having a pity party for himself, he does something unique - he views these days through the lenses that God is looking through. He views each of these as part of the plan that God has for him.
When he finally tells his brothers who he is, he says, "...do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you...but God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance" (Genesis 45:5 -7).
Then after his father dies, he assures his brothers again, "...don't be afraid...you intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Genesis 50:19-20).
The thought we need to remember is this, "...whatever the circumstance, whatever the testing, whatever the pressure, I'll keep myself useable to God". I will view my bad days through the lens that God is viewing my days through...He is using them to prepare me, so I will keep myself useable for Him.
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