Now that Leslie Weatherhead's God's Ultimate Will has given me a new perspective, familiar passages of scripture are made new.
This morning's reading was about Joseph and his reunion with his father and brothers. Despite the wrongs he suffered at the hands of his brothers, he understood that he was fulfilling God's ultimate will, the continuation of the family of Jacob/Israel. God's intentional will did not include Joseph's brothers behaving in such an evil manner, but His circumstantial will came into play and Joseph's role in God's ultimate will was ensured.
I find it very reassuring that no matter what we humans do to try to steer ourselves in the ditch (thereby foiling God's intentional will), He will take us where we are (His circumstantial will); we can NOT foil God's ultimate will.
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