I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. (Genesis 45:4-5 ESV)
Errors
Often when I try to fix something, I make it worse. Folk who eat with us at our JubiWednesday dinners know what I am talking about. My soup was too soupy so I added mashed potato flakes, which made the soup too pale, so I added tomato sauce, which made the soup too salty, so I added rice, which made the soup too thick, so I… well, you get the idea.
We are not experienced enough to understand every consequence of our efforts to solve problems that we have caused. Sometimes we get it right, but even so, we know that we usually cause other problems with our solutions.
But Christians have a wonderful master who not only fixes our errors, He brings great goodness through them. Joseph’s brothers learned through Joseph that the sins of the brothers had been fixed by God, and multiplied into blessings that were about to save their very lives.
When we are overwhelmed by awareness of our errors, mistakes, and sins, know that Jesus is at work. Our errors are part of what He is doing in our lives, and the lives of His people, Christians.
We can not fix our errors. But Jesus can.