But God

‘But Mom, all the kids are going.’

‘But Dad, I’ve already spent my allowance.’

‘But, you promised to keep it a secret.’

‘But, I thought I had unlimited credit.’

‘But, I’m too old to change my ways.’

‘But, what I do is nobody else’s business.’

Sound familiar?

‘But God’…

That sounds like deliverance and mercy!

“So God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt (Genesis 45:7-8 NASB).”

Joseph didn’t whine; he worshiped and relied on God’s providence.

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:4-7 NASB).”