Where is God when life doesn’t make sense? Is everything predetermined, or is everything somehow up to us? In Genesis 45, Joseph finally reveals himself to the brothers who sold him into slavery—and then makes an astonishing claim: through everything that happened, God had been at work. In this message, Jonathan Haage explores the mystery of God’s providence: God knows the whole story, works through genuine human choices, and is powerful enough to bring good even out of evil without calling evil good. Joseph’s story gives us an anchor when we can’t see what God is doing. And ultimately, it points us to Jesus and the cross, where we see most clearly that evil never gets the final word.
