God is Not Fair

Have you ever made a bad decision and paid the consequences for it? Yeah, me too. It stinks, doesn't it? But hey, I deserved it. Bad decisions = bad outcomes. How about making the right decision and still suffering for it? That really stinks. You know you did the right thing and yet you still get dumped on and suffer for it. That's not fair. Well, apparently, God doesn't see "fairness" the same way we do.

In Genesis 39, we see Potiphar's wife as quite the "cougar"; she's eyeing Joseph who apparently was quite the "eye candy" according to Genesis 39:6. In fact, you could make the claim that she sexually harassed him day in and day out. So Joseph, denies her and he still gets blamed for messing around with her! It's one thing to get busted for doing what you're not supposed to; at least you deserve what's coming to you but Joseph did nothing; nada, zilch. Is God "fair?"

Apparently, God is not interested in "fair". I mean, his own son died for the sins of the world; that doesn't seem to fair now, does it? But there is a bigger meaning here. Joseph was living out what Paul wrote hundreds of years later, "we walk by faith, not by sight." Joseph could certainly have just given up and said "to Sheol with this" but instead, he remained faithful and God still continued to bless him even in prison. He must have known, deep down that God WAS with him and he had his dreams to carry him through it. It's easy to look at our circumstances and conclude otherwise but we need to remember that God is with us no matter the circumstances; we need to remain faithful to Him.