When Jacob died at 147 years of age, Joseph's brothers feared that their powerful sibling might now seek revenge. But Joseph responded with a loving reassurance. He had long maintained that since Jehovah was behind the family's move to Egypt, his brothers should stop feeling about what happened. Now he added this remarkable question: "Am I in the place of God?" (Genesis 15:13; 45:7, 8; 50:15-21) Joseph saw Jehovah as the perfect Judge. Who was Joseph, then, to punish those whom Jehovah had forgiven? - HEBREWS 10:30.
Do you ever find it a challenge to forgive? It can be especially hard when someone had done us deliberate harm. But if we forgive from the heart those who are truly repentant, we will help to heal many a wound-including our own. And we will imitate the faith of Joseph and the example of his merciful Father, Jehovah.
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