{"id":2070,"date":"2025-10-01T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2025-10-02T05:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:32:35","slug":"god-meant-it-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/god-meant-it-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"God bedoelde het ten goede."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2070\" class=\"elementor elementor-2070\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-143b918 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"143b918\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a34b586\" data-id=\"a34b586\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f209b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f209b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">God bedoelde het ten goede.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a1145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6a1145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"290\"><em data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"270\">\u201cJullie hadden echter kwade bedoelingen tegen mij, maar God heeft het ten goede gekeerd en het zo laten gebeuren zoals het nu is, om vele mensen het leven te redden.\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"273\" \/><strong>Genesis 50:20<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"731\">Jarenlang werd zijn broers gekweld door schuldgevoel over het feit dat ze Jozef als slaaf hadden verkocht. Dat schuldgevoel groeide uit tot angst, en daarom vertelde Jozef het hen tweemaal:, <em data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"483\">\u201cWees niet bang.\u201d<\/em> De eerste keer dat hij het zei, <em data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"559\">\u201cWees niet bang, want sta ik soms in de plaats van God?\u201d<\/em> De tweede keer voegde hij eraan toe:, <em data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"667\">\u201cWees daarom niet bang; Ik zal voor jou en je kinderen zorgen.\u201d<\/em> Vervolgens lezen we dat hij hen troostte en vriendelijk tegen hen sprak.<\/p><p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1279\">Het vers van vandaag bevindt zich tussen deze twee verzekeringen van <em data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"814\">\u201cWees niet bang.\u201d<\/em> Jozef kon zulke troost en vriendelijkheid bieden omdat hij zelf de troost en vriendelijkheid van God had ervaren. Stefanus, geleid door de Geest, geeft ons later in Handelingen nog meer inzicht: <em data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1262\">\u201cEn de patriarchen, jaloers geworden, verkochten Jozef aan Egypte. Maar God was met hem en verloste hem uit al zijn moeilijkheden, en gaf hem gunst en wijsheid in de aanwezigheid van de farao, de koning van Egypte; en hij stelde hem aan als gouverneur over Egypte en heel zijn huis.\u201d<\/em> (Handelingen 7:9-10).<\/p><p data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1703\">Wederom zien we een ander <em data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1319\">\u201cMaar God\u201d<\/em> In de woorden van Stefanus: Jozef leefde in de realiteit van een altijd aanwezige God \u2013 een God die hem nooit verliet of in de steek liet. Deze God was almachtig en bevrijdde Jozef. <em data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1490\">uit<\/em> zijn problemen. Let op: God spaarde Jozef niet van de put of de gevangenis, maar Hij leidde hem er wel uit naar het paleis. Zijn bevrijding kwam op Gods perfecte timing en volgens Gods perfecte plan.<\/p><p data-start=\"1705\" data-end=\"2208\">Dit brengt ons terug naar het vers van vandaag: <em data-start=\"1743\" data-end=\"1800\">\u201cJullie hadden kwade bedoelingen tegen mij, maar God heeft het ten goede gekeerd.\u201d<\/em> Jozef had geleerd om te rusten in Gods liefdevolle armen, wachtend tot Zijn plan zich zou ontvouwen. Dit is een van de moeilijkste lessen die we allemaal kunnen leren. Paulus herinnert ons eraan: <em data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2093\">\u201cEn wij weten dat alles meewerkt ten goede voor hen die God liefhebben, voor hen die volgens Zijn plan geroepen zijn.\u201d<\/em> (Romeinen 8:28). En wat is Gods bedoeling? Paulus vervolgt: <em data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2193\">\u201cOm gelijkvormig te worden aan het beeld van Zijn Zoon\u201d<\/em> (Romeinen 8:29).<\/p><p data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2303\"><strong>Ankerpunt voor vandaag:<\/strong><br \/>God is altijd in staat om, zelfs onder de meest ongunstige omstandigheden, Zijn doelen te bereiken.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God Meant It For Good \u201cBut as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.\u201dGenesis 50:20 For years, the guilt of selling Joseph into slavery ate away at his brothers. 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